Alamo Pits

Producer in Bexar county in Texas, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062991
MRDS ID TC36600
Record type Site
Current site name Alamo Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.31004, 29.25442 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elmendorf(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Antonio(hydrologic unit)

San Antonio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Bexar

Comments on the location information

  • SEVERAL PITS AT BASE OF A HILL E OF ELMENDORF.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRICK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 219
USGS model code 31k.2
Deposit model name Fire clay

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.31004, 29.25442

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 Alamo Clay Products Co. (?-?), U. S. Brick Inc (?- ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.