Vowell Construction Company Pit

Producer in El Paso 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10202777
MAS/MILS ID 0481410016
Record type Site
Current site name Vowell Construction Company Pit
Alternate or previous names El Paso Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.46976, 31.75435 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Paso(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Fort Quitman(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Amistad(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas El Paso

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.46976, 31.75435

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 Operator
    Owner Vowell Construction Co.
    Home office Texas
    Year 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VOWELL CONST. CO PRODUCES SAND AND GRAVEL FROM THE SAME

  • Deposit

    PIT AS EL PASO SAND PRODUCTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Garner U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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