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Black Point

Occurrence in Marin county in California, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10030792
MRDS ID M009205
Record type Site
Current site name Black Point
Related records 10212377

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.508, 38.10406 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 SE1/4 W. OF BLACK POINT STA., S. OF STATE HIGHWAY 37. LOCATED ABOUT 1/2 MILE SW OF BLACK POINT STATION. PROBABLY THE GRAVEL PIT SHOWN ON USGS QUAD. NOVATO CALIF., 1954.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Novato(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(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 Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 006W 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.508, 38.10406
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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 Black Point Aggregates, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST FULL MONTH OF CAPACITY PRODUCTION IN MAY, 1954, AND PRODUCES CRUSHED STONE AND WASHED SAND AND GRAVEL FOR ALL PURPOSES INCLUDING CONCRETE AGGREGATE.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT, PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, JULY 1955, P. 239-242, 285, PL.

Reporter information

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

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