Lund

Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028419
MRDS ID M005371
Record type Site
Current site name Lund

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.48077, 39.3796 (WGS84)
Relative position PLANT AND PIT ARE 3.7 MI. E. OF COXLANE SPUR ON S.P.R.R. BETWEEN PALERMO AND HONCUT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bangor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 18N 04E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.48077, 39.3796

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CLAY OVERLIES AN AURIFEROUS GRAVEL CHANNEL. THE DIFFERENT STRATA OF CLAY HAVE TO BE MIXED TO OBTAIN A GOOD RED BRICK OF PLEASING COLOR. ROOFING GRANULES ARE MADE FROM WASTE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • CLAY IS DUG WITH A DRAGLINE SCRAPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 45, NO. 3, P. 447; REPT. 26, P. 364-66

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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