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Unnamed Pit

Past Producer in Duval county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062938
MRDS ID TC36543
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.7045, 27.86058 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 5.5 MI SW OF FREER ON US 59 N SIDE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duval(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sarnosa Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alice(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Laredo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Nueces(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Duval

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROAD MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Conglomerate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Catahoula Tuff, Soledad Member
    Rock description Catahoula Tuff, Soledad Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.7045, 27.86058
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BOULDERS OF TRACHYTE, TRACHYANDESITE, AND ANDESITE. PEBBLES OF TUFFACEOUS CLAY IN A MATRIX OF VOLCANIC ASH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall width 213.36M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG GUIDEBOOK 12, P. 48-49.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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