Mine · Comal County, Texas, United States
Balcones Quarry
Balcones Quarry is a mine in Comal County, Texas, United States, owned by Cemex S A.
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 | Comal County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (active) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | crushed limestone (mainly crushed limestone) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | Cemex S A (controls the operator) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | CEMEX Construction Materials South, LLC | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 167 people (annual average, in 2025) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Mine type | Surface | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 29.6706, -98.1900 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow its owner compares
Cemex S A owns 5 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 70 owners have more. Counts cover the mines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Owner in United States | Rank | Mines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc | 1st | 56 | 2.1% |
| Sev.en Global Investments a.s. | 2nd | 50 | 1.9% |
| Rosebud Mining Company | 3rd | 40 | 1.5% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Metinvest B V | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Cemex S A | 71st | 5 | 0.19% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 11 power plants (7 operating, 7,279 MW) and 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe Generating Station | Power plant | 1,088 MW | Operating | 6.9 km |
| Rio Nogales Power Project | Power plant | 1,108 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Hays Energy Project | Power plant | 989 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| GVTC | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| HEB data center, San Antonio | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| H5 Data Centers San Antonio | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Owner, operator and place
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.