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Moss Quarry

Producer in Ector county in Texas, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107167
MRDS ID TC38704
Record type Site
Current site name Moss Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.54934, 31.77488 (WGS84)
Relative position 2.2 MI NE OF PENWELL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ector(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Douro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Odessa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pecos(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Johnson Draw(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Ector

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI N OF JCT TX 866 AND IH 20, W SIDE OF TX 866.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

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 Edwards Formation (Fredericksburg)
    Rock description Edwards Formation (Fredericksburg)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Caliche deposits
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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 Permian Stone Corp.

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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