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Garrison Pit

Producer in Nacogdoches county in Texas, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064395
MRDS ID TC38751
Record type Site
Current site name Garrison Pit
Related records 10275887

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.50744, 31.83796 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nacogdoches(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garrison West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nacogdoches(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Palestine(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Angelina(hydrologic unit)

Neches(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neches(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Nacogdoches

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF GARRISON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRICK, STRUCTURAL TILE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 219
USGS model code 31k.2
Deposit model name Fire clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Wilcox Group; Pendleton Formation
    Rock description Wilcox Gp;Pendleton Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.50744, 31.83796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

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 Acme Brick Co.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 160 ST/8 HR SHIFT. (80,000 BRICKS.) PROCESSED AND FIRED AT GARRISON PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG RI 54, P. 41.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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

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