Mine · Atascosa County, Texas, United States

Applewhite Sand Mine

Applewhite Sand Mine is a closed mine in Atascosa County, Texas, United States, operated by Galvan Creek, Inc.

Facts

Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.

Fact	Value	Source
Location	Atascosa County	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Closed (abandoned)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Commodities	industrial sand (mainly industrial sand)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Galvan Creek, Inc	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Employees	1 people (annual average, in 2021)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Mine type	Surface	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	29.2470, -98.6237	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this mine: 40 data centers (3 operating, 154 MW) and 12 power plants (4 operating, 4,094 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
El Patrimonio	Power plant	150 MW	Planned	11 km
Ferdinand Energy Center	Power plant	200 MW	Under construction	12 km
Bexar ESS	Power plant	100 MW	Under construction	16 km
Data center, Bexar County (OSM way 1537390750)	Data center	—	—	22 km
Texas Cryptologic Center	Data center	—	—	22 km
QTS San Antonio II	Data center	—	—	23 km

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Data on this page

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.