Odessa Quarry

Producer in Ector 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 10064356
MRDS ID TC38703
Record type Site
Current site name Odessa Quarry
Related records 10178849

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.55684, 31.74156 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI EAST OF PENWELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ector(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Odessa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pecos(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Landreth-Monument Draws(hydrologic unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Ector

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 MI SE IM20 ON FM 866, THEN 0.4 MI SW ON CNTY. RD., 0.4 MI SW ON PRIVATE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USE-CEMENT, AGGREGATE

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
    Rock unit name Edwards Formation
    Rock description Edwards Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Fredericksburg Group

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 Southwestern Portland Cement Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 7.32M

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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