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Brown Pit + 1 more nearby (Producer)Dewitt Pit + 1 more nearby (Producer)Brenner Pit + 1 more nearby (Producer)Parker Pit + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Cherry Pit (Producer)Ash Pit + 1 more nearby (Producer)Unnamed Pit (Producer)Baroid Muldoon Mine (Past Producer)Syler Pit (Producer)Hopper-Ivy Pit + 1 more nearby (Producer)Mica Pit + 1 more nearby (Producer)Henderson Pit + 2 more nearby (Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
12 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

13
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

8
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

1
Unknown

Status not recorded.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

Bentonite 9

Commodities

Bentonite 21Fullers Earth 1

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Henderson PitBentoniteBentoniteProducer29.863, -97.085
Hopper-Ivy PitBentoniteBentoniteProducer29.817, -97.100
Dewitt PitBentoniteBentoniteProducer29.789, -97.167
Cherry PitBentoniteBentoniteProducer29.800, -97.125
Brown PitBentoniteBentoniteProducer29.768, -97.172
Brenner PitBentoniteBentoniteProducer29.761, -97.167
Ash PitBentoniteBentoniteProducer29.733, -97.127
Syler PitBentoniteBentoniteProducer29.848, -97.094
Mica PitBentoniteBentoniteProducer29.724, -97.116
Unnamed PitFullers Earth—Producer29.688, -97.135
Southern Clay Syler PitBentonite—Producer29.857, -97.085
Hopper Ivy PitBentonite—Past Producer29.815, -97.114
Mica Pit and PlantBentonite—Past Producer29.724, -97.116
Baroid Muldoon MineBentonite—Past Producer29.867, -97.092
Brown PitBentonite—Past Producer29.768, -97.172
Milwhite Syler PitBentonite—Producer29.097, -97.094
Henderson PitBentonite—Producer29.871, -97.085
Parker PitBentonite—Past Producer29.817, -97.118
Dewitt PitBentonite—Past Producer29.789, -97.167
Brenner PitBentonite—Unknown29.768, -97.168
Cherry PitBentonite—Past Producer29.806, -97.123
Ash PitBentonite—Past Producer29.734, -97.126

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 9 fossil collection records in Fayette County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Gonzales County · Lee County · Colorado County · Burleson County · Austin County

Texas mineral guides

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Related articles

How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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