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Southwestern Graphite Mine

Past Producer in Burnet county in Texas, United States with commodity Graphite
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065146
MRDS ID TC40178
Record type Site
Current site name Southwestern Graphite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.35755, 30.78382 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Relative position 9 MI W OF BURNET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Burnet(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Council Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Buchanan-Lyndon B. Johnson Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Burnet

Comments on the location information

  • ON CLEAR CREEK N OF TX HWY 29, LAT LONG FOR MILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.35755, 30.78382
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 45.72M
    Length 1371.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1916-1929, 1942-

Mining district

District name Clear Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southwestern Consolidated Graphite Co.

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE LITTLE DEVELOPED PRODUCER

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OPEN PITS SHOWN ON 1967 COUNCIL CREEK 1:24,000 TOPO MAP: (1)300 FT W OF MILL, 700 X 350 FT, 80 FT DEEP; (2) 400 FT N20E OF MILL (ORIGINAL PIT), 1000 X 250 FT, 60 FT DEEP; (3) 2500 FT N20E OF MILL, 300 X 75 FT, 20 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ECON COMMENTS: PLANT BUILT 1916 OR 1917, BURNED 3/1927, REPLACED WITH FLOATATION MILL. LARGE TAILINGS POND S OF MILL ON S SIDE CLEAR CREEK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UTEX PUB 3401, V. 2, P. 260-261

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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