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Kuykendall Quarry

Producer in McMullen county in Texas, United States with commodity Zeolites
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107085
MRDS ID TC35718
MAS/MILS ID 0483110008
Record type Site
Current site name Kuykendall Quarry
Alternate or previous names Kuykendall Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -98.667, 28.45861 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES WEST OF TILDEN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

McMullen(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockaway Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

George West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crystal City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Frio(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas McMullen

Comments on the location information

  • NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAPS- LOCATION APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 50-60% CLINOPTILOLITE, 30% MONTMORILLONITE, UP TO 20% OPAL-CT.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 170
USGS model code 25oa
Deposit model name Sedimentary zeolites: Zeolites in tuffs of open hydrologic systems (BC

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Manning Formation (Jackson Group)
    Rock description Manning Formation (Jackson Gp)

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -98.667, 28.45861
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUFF BEDS UNDERLAIN BY SANDSTONE AND THEN BY LIGNITE, OVERLAIN BY LOCALLY-TUFFACEOUS CLAY, ALL DEPOSITED IN A COASTAL LAGOON ENVIRONMENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Tilden

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anaconda, Zeotech Corp.
    Year 1995
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner T. R. Kuykendall

Comments on the production information

  • Note in old MAS report says "TEXAS PLACES 1ST IN THE NATION W/ OUTPUT FROM THIS SOLE STATE PRODUCER." No idea what year this is for.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zeolites Zeo 50 wt-pct Zeolites Major 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • (2) ZEOTECH CORP., RESERVES ON 2,300 ACRES OF LEASES.

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PITS TREND NE-SW OVER ABOUT 10 ACRES.

Comments on development

  • INITIALLY PROSPECTED BEFORE 1930'S FOR KAOLIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B901.

  • Deposit

    BOWIE, M.R., AND BARKER, J.M., 1987, COMPARISON OF SELECTED ZEOLITE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, AND TEXAS, IN PIERCE, H.W. ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON ORE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 90-105.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    (1) LONG (1992), (2)BOWIE AND BARKER (1987).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUFF BEDS 6 TO 12 FT THICK. CLINOPTILOLITE OCCURS AS VUG-FILLING LATHS ABOUT 5 MICRONS LONG, 3 MICRONS WIDE, BUT LOCALLY UP TO 17 MICRONS LONG AND 10 MICRONS WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-92 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-93 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-OCT-95 Dupree, Jean A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 06-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added info from MAS record 0483110008 (Dep_ID 10300187) and deleted that record.

Beyond USGS

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

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