Marin

Occurrence in Marin county in California, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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 10030783
MRDS ID M009186
Record type Site
Current site name Marin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45605, 37.97518 (WGS84)
Relative position S. SIDE SAN PEDRO POINT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 005W 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45605, 37.97518

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Mcnear Co.

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED BY GRAY BROS. AND WESTERN DEVELOPMENT SYNDICATE APPROX. 1900-1910. LEASED IN 1914 BY SAN FRANCISCO QUARRIES CO. FURNISHED JETTY STONE FOR USE ON SAN FRANCISCO WATERFRONT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, JULY 1955, P. 287, PL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.