Hillsdale Pit & Plant

Producer in Nolan 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178200
MAS/MILS ID 0483530008
Record type Site
Current site name Hillsdale Pit & Plant
Alternate or previous names Frymire Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -100.43009, 32.48265 (WGS84)
Elevation 709
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nolan(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sweetwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Spring(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clear Fork Brazos(hydrologic unit)

Middle Brazos-Clear Fork(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Nolan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Whitehorse Group, undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hillsdale Gravel Co
    ID 4101102
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAY-81 Garner 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 01/18/2008
MSHA mine ID4101102
Mine name (MSHA)TexSand Gravel Products
Current operatorSweetwater Ready Mix Concrete Company
Current controller (parent)Bill C Burwick
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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