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Wilson Pumice Quarry

Occurrence in Napa county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
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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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031591
MRDS ID M010680
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Pumice Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.23633, 38.351 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Napa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount George(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 Napa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 003W 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.23633, 38.351
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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 Wilson, T. D.

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS BEGAN EARLY IN 1946. BETWEEN 1946 AND 1948 PRODUCED ABOUT 600 TONS OF CINDERS AND PUMICE COMBINED. PROPERTY IDLE SINCE 1948.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. V. 44, NO. 2, APRIL, 1948, P. 176

  • Deposit

    BULL. 174, 1956, P. 33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE END PRODUCT IS SOLD AS AN AGGREGATE FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-WEIGHT BUILDING BLOCKS.

Reporter information

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

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