Wilcox Ball Clay.

Prospect in Freestone county in Texas, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10178671
MAS/MILS ID 0481610002
Record type Site
Current site name Wilcox Ball Clay.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -96.32357, 31.62379 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Freestone(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teague South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mexia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Waco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Navasota(hydrologic unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Brazos(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Freestone

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -96.32357, 31.62379

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IC8335 POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ALUMINUM FOR ALL DATA.

  • Deposit

    FISHER,1965, BUR ECON GEOL, UNIV TEXAS RI54.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO IN FALLS, HENDERSON, LIMESTONE, & ROBERTSON COS. CARD 010 42 THIS NOW PRODUCES CERAMIC CLAY, IS CONSIDERED FO

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Fitzpatrick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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