Longhorn Quarry

Past Producer in Bexar county in Texas, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063005
MRDS ID TC36616
Record type Site
Current site name Longhorn Quarry
Related records 10178778

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.39838, 29.50302 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position AT LONGHORN, SAN ANTONIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bexar(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Longhorn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

New Braunfels(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

  • ON SCHERTZ ROAD NEXT TO LONGHORN CEMENT PLANT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 237
USGS model code 32g
Deposit model name Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pecan Gap Chalk

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Longhorn Portland Cement Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 804.65M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall width 643.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY DIMENSIONS IN 1967.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGHORN 7.5 MINUTE TOPO MAP

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK 1987

  • 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.