Marathon Plant

Producer in Brewster county in Texas, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10154288
MAS/MILS ID 0480430005
Record type Site
Current site name Marathon Plant
Alternate or previous names Bailey Fluorspar Proc. Plant, Bailey Fluorspar Company Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -103.24486, 30.20411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Brewster(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marathon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alpine(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Stockton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Maravillas(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Brewster

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -103.24486, 30.20411

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bailey Fluorspar Co
    ID 4101501
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Production Minerals Co.
    Home office Texas
    Year 1995

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-OCT-95 Stringer 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 04/05/1979
MSHA mine ID4101501
Mine name (MSHA)Bailey Fluorspar Company Plant
Current operatorBailey Fluorspar Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Bailey Bishop L
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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