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Gould & Towle Quarry

Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Granite
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031972
MRDS ID M011949
Record type Site
Current site name Gould & Towle Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.63436, 39.30933 (WGS84)
Relative position 250 YDS. FROM MAIN CPRR TRACK, 4 1/2 MI. FROM EMIGRANT GAP STATION, AT YUBA PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 012E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.63436, 39.30933
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE GRANITE IS HARD AND OF PRETTY GOOD QUALITY.(INCLUDED WITH PLACER COUNTY QUARRIES BUT APPARENTLY IN NEVADA COUNTY FROM DESCRIPTION OF LOCATION)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1893-4

Comments on the workings information

  • A SIDE TRACK CONNECTS THE QUARRY WITH THE MAIN LINE OF THE RR. PIT IS SMALL BUT WELL SITUATED. HAS DERRICK, SMALL STEAM ENGINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    12TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 385

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 66

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.

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