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Colusa Sandstone Co.

Producer in Colusa county in California, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029523
MRDS ID M007108
Record type Site
Current site name Colusa Sandstone Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -122.31284, 39.31239 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colusa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

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Sites(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento-Stone Corral(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 004W 20,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -122.31284, 39.31239
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. L. And E. L. Knowles

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL LARGE BUILDINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO WERE BUILT FROM STONE PRODUCED HERE PRIOR TO 1915. QUARRY IS IDLE AND MOST OF EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXV, PP. 299-300

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SANDSTONE IS OF EVEN GRAIN & BLUE-GRAY COLOR & OF VERY GOOD QUALITY. MASSIVE CHARACTER OF SOME OF THE STRATA PERMITS QUARRYING VERY LARGE BLOCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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