Unnamed Pit

Producer in Comanche 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 10064415
MRDS ID TC38775
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.51672, 32.1085 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Comanche(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Leon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stephenville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Abilene(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Leon(hydrologic unit)

Little(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Comanche

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

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 > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name Twin Mountains Formation
    Rock description Twin Mountains Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.51672, 32.1085

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 Comanche County Mining

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 U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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