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Silica Sand Pit

Producer in Atascosa 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. 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 10107120
MRDS ID TC36529
Record type Site
Current site name Silica Sand Pit
Related records 10300321

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.57589, 29.15164 (WGS84)
Elevation 209

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Atascosa(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thelma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Antonio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Atascosa(hydrologic unit)

Nueces(hydrologic accounting unit)

Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Atascosa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONCRETE, AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Carrizo
    Rock description Carrizo
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.57589, 29.15164
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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 Redland Worth Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 1287.44M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall width 563.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT DIMENSIONS IN 1973.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FORMERLY OPERATED BY MCDONOUGH BROS. INC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TX BEG, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

  • 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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