Texas · Eastland County
Producer

Waters Pits

Eastland County, Texas, United States
KaolinStoneCrushed/Broken
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Description

Guy Quinn

Commodities
PrimaryKaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeSedimentary
Model219: Fire clay
Deposit sizeY
Materials
Ore mineralsIllite, Kaolinite
Geology
Host rockShale · Cisco Group;Quinn Clay
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1941-
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10064374
MRDS IDTC38725
Alternate namesQuinn, Ceramitex, Gallagher
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates32.39266, -98.95174
References
TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1991, NONPETROLEUM MINERAL PRODUCERS IN TEXAS.PLUMER, F.B., ET AL , 1949, CLAY DEPOSITS OF THE CISCO GROUP OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS: UNIV. OF TEXAS PUBLICATION 4915, 42 P.CIMRIPLUMMER ET AL (1949), P. 12