Texas Pink Granite Quarry

Average slab size is 25 25 40 90 tiles or special sizes may be available upon request.

Texas pink granite quarry.

This resulted in the extension of a narrow gauge railroad from austin to granite mountain. Since the first loaves were chipped off granite mountain two miles west of here the stone has been a prized. Its formation and use in the state capitol. Granite mountain was a solid dome of pink granite rising over 860 feet one mile west of marble falls texas.

Oct 16 2017 the owners of granite mountain s quarries offered to donate texas pink granite to the construction of the capitol in exchange for a rail line to be built to the quarries. Texas pink granite is as embedded in lone star lore as cattle drives and oil derricks. Pink granite with brown and grey veins. Granite mountain and enchanted rock both formed this way and both are composed of texas pink granite.

The mountain no longer looks like a geographic feature because of the heavy mining which has fully covered its surface. The pink or red color comes from large amounts of the mineral orthoclase feldspar in the granite. Since quarry operations began in the late 19th century the distinctive pink red colored rock has been used in the construction of the texas state capitol in austin texas and also for the construction of the galveston seawall. Pink granite and the capitol.

Over the construction of the capitol 4000 train. Home material selector choose by type texas pink. Compressive strength astm c170. Standard stock thickness is 2cm 3 4 and 3cm.

Since quarry operations began in the late 19th century the distinctive pink red colored rock has been used in the construction of the texas state capitol in austin texas and also for the construction of the galveston seawall.