Sulphur Springs Brick Co

Past Producer in Hopkins county in Texas, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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 10227012
MAS/MILS ID 0482230019
Record type Site
Current site name Sulphur Springs Brick Co
Alternate or previous names A P Green Refractories

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -95.53415, 33.10825 (WGS84)
Elevation 145
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hopkins(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur Springs SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Texarkana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

White Oak Bayou(hydrologic unit)

Big Cypress-Sulphur(hydrologic accounting unit)

Red-Sulphur(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Hopkins

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -95.53415, 33.10825

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past 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 Sulphur Springs Brick Co.
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EOCENE WILCOX GROUP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 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 03/31/2023
MSHA mine ID4102776
Mine name (MSHA)Sulphur Springs Strip
Current operatorLuminant Mining Company LLC
Current controller (parent)Vistra Energy
Mine typeSurface (Coal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1940 m, 0.86 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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