Spaulding Pit

Producer in Hidalgo 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063073
MRDS ID TC36696
Record type Site
Current site name Spaulding Pit
Related records 10251399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.57171, 26.27174 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sullivan City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Los Olmos(hydrologic unit)

Lower Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Rio Grande(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hidalgo

Comments on the location information

  • 1.1 MI W FM 886 ON US 83, THEN 0.6 MI S, BOTH SIDES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCRETE AGGREGATE, ROADBASE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.57171, 26.27174

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 Fordyce Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARS AND TERRACES ON RIO GRANDE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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