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Bridgeport Deposits California Red Travertine

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031488
MRDS ID M010372
Record type Site
Current site name Bridgeport Deposits California Red Travertine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.20403, 38.24909 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. SE OF TOWN OF BRIDGEPORT SW1/4 OF SEC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Alkali(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 025E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.20403, 38.24909
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 5 PROMINENT RIDGES OF BANDED ONYX MARBLE OR TRAVERTINE, 6-15' HIGH, AND OF SOMEWHAT GREATER THICKNESS. THE TRAVERTINE IS BANDED AND STAINED VARIOUS SHADES OF RED AND YELLOW; HAS A PLEASING MOTTLED EFFECT, IS SUFFICIENTLY TRANSLUCENT TO GIVE DEPTH TO THE COLORING, AND TAKES A GOOD POLISH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 1893-1895 QUARRY OPENED IN ONE OF RIDGES; ABOUT 60 TONS SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL QUARRIES HAVE BEEN OPENED UP AND A CARLOAD WAS SHIPPED IN 1926. EQUIPMENT CONSISTS OF A DERRICK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 36, NO. 2, P. 153 AND PL. 1

  • Deposit

    REPT. 23, OCT. 1927, P. 405; CALIF. REPT. 27, P. 544; REPT. 12, P. 403; V. 43, NO. 3, P. 255

Reporter information

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

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