Plant No. 1

Producer in Bastrop county in Texas, United States with commodity Clay
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10226787
MAS/MILS ID 0480210001
Record type Site
Current site name Plant No. 1
Alternate or previous names Butler Pit & Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -97.29749, 30.31692 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bastrop(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elgin East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colorado-Cummins(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Bastrop

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -97.29749, 30.31692

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Elgin-Butler Brick Co
    ID 4100265
    Home office Texas
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REV BY MILS MSHA, 6-80

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 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 07/23/2018
MSHA mine ID4100265
Mine name (MSHA)BUTLER PIT
Current operatorElgin-Butler Brick Company
Current controller (parent)John R Butler
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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