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Weaver Pit

Producer in Bastrop county in Texas, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107118
MRDS ID TC36515
Record type Site
Current site name Weaver Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.39336, 30.36355 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Relative position 3.1 MI N20E OF BUTLER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bastrop(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elgin West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado-Cummins(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 Bastrop

Comments on the location information

  • 0.5 MI NW OF FM 696 ON FM 3000 N SIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BRICK.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 217
USGS model code 31k
Deposit model name Sedimentary kaolin

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Wilcox Group
    Rock description Wilcox Gp
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.39336, 30.36355
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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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner U.S. Brick Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 457.2M
    Overall width 426.72M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FORMERLY OPERATED BY PAYNE BRICK CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG RI 37, P. 27-29.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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

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