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Richmond Point Richmond

Occurrence in Contra Costa 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029597
MRDS ID M007244
Record type Site
Current site name Richmond Point Richmond
Related records 10284377

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.38633, 37.91407 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Quentin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pablo 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 005W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.38633, 37.91407
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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 Hutchinson Co., Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • THE PLANT HAS A CAPACITY OF 300 YARDS PER DAY. ABANDONED; NOW FLOODED. PLANT WAS WORKED 1915 TO LATE 1920'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY - WORKED BELOW SEA LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 23, NO. 1, JAN. 1927, P. 27

  • Deposit

    JOUR. VOL. 47, NO. 4, OCT 1951, PL. 42; V. 54, NO. 4, OCT. 1958, P. 578, PL. 5

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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