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Beck Quarry

Producer in Hidalgo county in Texas, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10063112
MRDS ID TC36746
Record type Site
Current site name Beck Quarry
Related records 10130190

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.41614, 26.26868 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Citrus City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Laguna Madre(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hidalgo

Comments on the location information

  • 2.2 MI N US83 ON FM492, THEN 1.7 MI W, S SIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Caliche Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) Goliad Formation
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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 Valley Caliche Products

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OPERATES A PORTABLE CRUSHER AT VARIOUS SITES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1991, NON PETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/12/2022
MSHA mine ID4101477
Mine name (MSHA)Beck Quarry
Current operatorValley Caliche Products Inc
Current controller (parent)Robert H Thompson; Cory Thompson
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (538 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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