Unnamed Pit

Producer in Guadalupe county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062989
MRDS ID TC36598
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.28032, 29.55024 (WGS84)
Elevation 216
Relative position JUST WEST OF SHERTZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Schertz(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Braunfels(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cibolo(hydrologic unit)

San Antonio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Guadalupe

Comments on the location information

  • ON FM 78 W OF SHERTZ AT CIBOLO CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) Leona Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Beck Concrete Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 502.92M
    Overall width 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TX BEG RI 43, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TERRACE DEPOSITS ON CIBOLO CREEK. CONSISTS OF ROUNDED LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY A CALCAREOUS SANDY MATRIX.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.