Oscar Kesti Quarry

Occurrence in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Granite
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032019
MRDS ID M012067
Record type Site
Current site name Oscar Kesti Quarry
Related records 10189123

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.23464, 38.78822 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 007E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.23464, 38.78822

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rocklin

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar Kesti
    First year 1915
    Last year 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM 15TH REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST ,P.389

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE MEN GET OUT CURBSTONE AND RIPRAP (1915-16)

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.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.