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Ball

Occurrence in Contra Costa 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029579
MRDS ID M007222
Record type Site
Current site name Ball
Related records 10284018

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.03298, 37.8949 (WGS84)
Relative position N1/2. LOCATED ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES EAST OF WALNUT CREEK. PROBABLY THE QUARRY SHOWN IN THE NW1/4 NE1/4 SEC. 36 (PROJ.) ON USGS QUAD. WALNUT CREEK, CALIF., 1949.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walnut Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Suisun Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 002W 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.03298, 37.8949
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. A. Marshall
    Home office Danville

Comments on the production information

  • FILL MATERIAL PRODUCED IN 1947-48. INACTIVE IN 1958.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY - ROCK LOOSENED BY BLASTING AND BULLDOZED TO PORTABLE CRUSHER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 54, NO. 4, OCT. 1958 P. 575, PL.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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