Pugmill #3

Past Producer in Fort Bend 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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300156
MAS/MILS ID 481570004
Record type Site
Current site name Pugmill #3
Alternate or previous names Moores Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.5589, 29.6133 (WGS84)
Elevation 22

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fort Bend(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Missouri City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Houston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Austin-Oyster(hydrologic unit)

Galveston Bay-Sabine Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Galveston Bay-San Jacinto(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Fort Bend

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.5589, 29.6133

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Moores Trucking And Sand Pit
    ID 4102245
    Home office Texas
    Year 1979
    Last year 1988
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jones G Finke Inc.
    Year 2014
    First year 1988
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Finke Jeryl W.
    Year 2014
    First year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1979-03-26 Stringer U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2014-03-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Revised based on MSHA MDRS #4102245

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/23/1988
MSHA mine ID4102245
Mine name (MSHA)Pugmill #3
Current operatorJones G Finke Inc
Current controller (parent)Finke Jeryl W
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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