Mine detail: Waters Pits

Previously called 'QuinnCeramitexGallagher'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.39266, -98.95174

Resource(N)

Primary: Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Ore: Illite, Kaolinite
Discovery year: 1940

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1941-

Geology

Host rock:Cisco Group;Quinn Clay
Host type:Shale

References

MRDSTC38725
DEP10064374
Reference{Deposit:: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.}{Deposit:: PLUMER, F.B., ET AL , 1949, CLAY DEPOSITS OF THE CISCO GROUP OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS: UNIV. OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4915, 42 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: PLUMMER ET AL (1949), P. 12}
ReporterLong, Keith R.