Riggs Oaks Sand Pit

Producer in Brazoria county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107154
MRDS ID TC36823
Record type Site
Current site name Riggs Oaks Sand Pit
Related records 10203242

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.55441, 29.05693 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Relative position 3 MI W OF LAKE JACKSON. ABOUT 1 MI NE OF BRAZORIA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brazoria(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brazoria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Angleton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brazoria

Comments on the location information

  • ON TX HWY 332 AT BRAZOS RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR CONSTRUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.55441, 29.05693

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 Morgan Sand Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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