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Snyder Quarry

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Stone
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  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 10028672
MRDS ID M005801
Record type Site
Current site name Snyder Quarry
Related records 10113958

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80879, 38.21074 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI. NE OF VALLEY SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 011E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80879, 38.21074
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROCK IS A BROWNISH-YELLOW JASPER, SOME OF WHICH HAS A SUB-OPALINE LUSTER; FORMS A CAP 10-12' THICK, OVERLYING ALTERED SERPENTINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 1500 TONS DURING 1954-55; MODEST AMOUNT OF ROCK SINCE 1955; WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. FINISHED MATERIAL USED AS ROOFING GRANULES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO.2, P. 120, 215

Reporter information

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

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