Unnamed Pit

Past Producer in Jasper county in Texas, United States with commodity Bentonite
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064391
MRDS ID TC38746
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.44132, 31.0341 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.6 KM SLOW OF DOLAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jasper(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lufkin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Palestine(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Neches(hydrologic unit)

Neches(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neches(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Forests in Texas(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Jasper

Comments on the location information

  • J.C. EVERRETT SURVEY, HARRELSON TRACT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SEE USGS B 901, P. 180 FOR BLEACH TESTS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 114
USGS model code 38e
Deposit model name Residual andalusite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Jackson Group Catahoula
    Rock description Jackson Gp Catahoula
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.44132, 31.0341

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 365.76M
    Overall width 251.46M

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-JUL-1993 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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