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Quarry

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030516
MRDS ID M008689
Record type Site
Current site name Quarry
Related records 10236553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.01808, 40.80123 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 SW1/4. ON N SIDE OF JACOBY CREEK. QUARRY SYMBOL ON TOPO MAP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arcata South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 005N 001E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.01808, 40.80123
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIS IS PROBABLY QUARRY OPERATED BY MERCER - FRAZIER CO., INC., 4 MI. SE OF BAYSIDE WHERE 90,000 TONS OF GLAUCOPHANE ROCK (SPEC. GRAV. 3.18) WAS USED FOR A CAUSEWAY AND A 3000' BREAKWATER TO PROTECT BUHNE PT. (P.G. &E. PLANT.)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGEST QUARRY IN STATE (PSFC NOTES). USED FOR FILL AND JETTY AT HUMBOLDT HARBOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PSFC NOTES; CALIF. MIS, V. 6, NO. 4, P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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