Unnamed Pit

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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062992
MRDS ID TC36602
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.53589, 29.33858 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Relative position W SIDE OF TERRELL WELLS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terrell Wells(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

  • 0.75 MI S OF I35 AT 8500S ZARZAMORA, W SIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXPANDED CLAY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Wilcox Group
    Rock description Wilcox Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.53589, 29.33858

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 Barrett Industries

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall width 137.16M

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.