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Schnaubert Ranch Quarry

Producer in Val Verde county in Texas, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model 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 10100804
MRDS ID TC36877
Record type Site
Current site name Schnaubert Ranch Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.5968, 29.87689 (WGS84)
Relative position 5.2 MILES N20W OF LANGTRY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Val Verde(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harkell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Comstock(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Del Rio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Amistad Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Val Verde

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLAGSTONE, DIMENSION STONE, RIPRAP

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 237
USGS model code 32g
Deposit model name Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Boquillas Formation
    Rock description Boquillas Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Austin Chalk
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE PRODUCTION IN EARLY 1960'S WAS 5 TO 6 SQUARES PER WEEK.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE IMMENSE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAXWELL, R.A., 1962, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY REPT. OF INVEST. 43, P. 21

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIMESTONE OCCURS AS LAYERS 0.5 TO 4 IN THICK INTERBEDDED WITH LAYERS OF FINELY CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE UP TO 8 INCHES THICK.

Reporter information

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

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