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Horton and Horton Mine

Past Producer in Colorado county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067171
MRDS ID TX00009
Record type Site
Current site name Horton and Horton Mine
Alternate or previous names Columbus

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.5461, 29.69468 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Relative position ON SW EDGE OF COLUMBUS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colorado(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seguin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.
  • AREA HAS SINCE BEEN STRIP MINED FOR COAL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Flint Ore
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.5461, 29.69468
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLINT COBBLES DERIVED FROM EROSION OF CHERTY CRET LIMESTONES AND FROM ISOLATED LAYERED DEPOSITS ALONG THE MARGIN OF THE EDWARDS PLATEAU.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Products And Silica Co.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SCREENED PEBBLES WERE PROCESSED AT COLUMBUS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4301, P. 48-49

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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