Vermiculite Occurrence

Occurrence in Llano county in Texas, United States with commodity Vermiculite
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065171
MRDS ID TC40211
Record type Site
Current site name Vermiculite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.58089, 30.85103 (WGS84)
Elevation 325
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.6 MI N10W OF LONE GROVE., Est, Within 10 Sec.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Llano(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Llano(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 Llano

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF COUNTY ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vermiculite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Vermiculite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.58089, 30.85103

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE OCCURRENCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPT. INVEST. 43, P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL LAYERS OF VERMICULITE-BEARING SCHIST CONTAINING 5-25% VERMICULITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-94 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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