Ranger Pits

Producer in Eastland 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064369
MRDS ID TC38719
Record type Site
Current site name Ranger Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.67312, 32.48599 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eastland(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ranger(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Abilene(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Brazos-Palo Pinto(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Bosque(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Eastland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LIGHTWEIGHT AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Canyon Group, Seaman Ranch Beds
    Rock description Canyon Gp, Seaman Ranch Beds
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.67312, 32.48599

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 Featherlite Building Products Corp.

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

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.