Cromer Pit

Producer in Palo Pinto county in Texas, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064396
MRDS ID TC38753
Record type Site
Current site name Cromer Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.12533, 32.75015 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Palo Pinto(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Wells West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mineral Wells(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 Palo Pinto

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CERAMIC 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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Strawn Group, East Mountain Shale
    Rock description Strawn Gp, East Mountain Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Brazos River Formation

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 Ceramitex Inc.

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.