Rose City Pit

Producer in Orange county in Texas, United States with commodity Silica
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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 10178655
MAS/MILS ID 0483610010
Record type Site
Current site name Rose City Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -94.0635, 30.09883 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beaumont East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaumont(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Beaumont(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Neches(hydrologic unit)

Neches(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neches(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -94.0635, 30.09883

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Smith Materials Corp
    ID 4102392
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-MAR-79 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 11/03/2023
MSHA mine ID4102392
Mine name (MSHA)Barry Industrial Sand, Inc.
Current operatorBarry Industrial Sand, Inc
Current controller (parent)Ivan D Barry
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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