Universal Atlas Pit

Producer in Limestone county in Texas, United States with commodity Kaolin
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 10227283
MAS/MILS ID 0482930015
Record type Site
Current site name Universal Atlas Pit
Alternate or previous names General Portland Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -96.51417, 31.2919 (WGS84)
Elevation 131
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Limestone(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kosse East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Marlin(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 Limestone

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -96.51417, 31.2919

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 Universal Atlas Cement
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Steel Corp.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KAOLINITIC CLAY USED TO MAKE WHITE CEMENT

  • Deposit

    EOCENE SIMSBORO FORMATION

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.

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.