Onion Creek Pit & Plant

Producer in Travis county in Texas, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10227055
MAS/MILS ID 0484530005
Record type Site
Current site name Onion Creek Pit & Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.6631, 30.16942 (WGS84)
Elevation 152

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Travis(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montopolis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Austin(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Austin-Travis Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Middle Colorado-Llano(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-San Bernard Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Travis

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.6631, 30.16942

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Onion Creek Gravel Co
    ID 4101793
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1978 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 08/29/1987
MSHA mine ID4101793
Mine name (MSHA)Onion Creek Gravel
Current operatorOnion Creek Gravel Inc
Current controller (parent)Frost Jack
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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