Palo Alto Creek Pit & Plant

Producer in Gillespie 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135331
MAS/MILS ID 0481710003
Record type Site
Current site name Palo Alto Creek Pit & Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -98.79474, 30.29082 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gillespie(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredericksburg East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pedernales River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Llano(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pedernales(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Gillespie

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -98.79474, 30.29082

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gold Paving And Aggregates,Inc.
    ID 4101089
    Home office Texas
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OWNER/OP: GOLD PAVING & AGGREGATE INC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/22/1988
MSHA mine ID4101089
Mine name (MSHA)Palo Alto Creek Pit And Plant
Current operatorGold Paving & Aggregate Inc
Current controller (parent)Gold Jerald G
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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