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Walker 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 10031592
MRDS ID M010681
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Pumice Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.21161, 38.35545 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4

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 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.21161, 38.35545
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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 D. C. Walker

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS BEGAN IN SEPTEMBER 1946. PROPERTY INACTIVE IN 1955, ALTHOUGH MR. WALKER OCCASIONALLY QUARRIES SOME PUMICE TO REPAIR THE ROAD LEADING FROM THE COUNTY HIGHWAY TO HIS HOME.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. V. 44, NO. 2, APRIL, 1948, PP. 175-6

  • Deposit

    BULL. 174, 1956, P. 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CELLULAR CEMENT PRODUCTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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