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Mcnear Point Quarry

Occurrence in Marin county in California, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092336
MRDS ID M009185
Record type Site
Current site name Mcnear Point Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -122.35536, 38.00702 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mare Island(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)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 005W 29,31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -122.35536, 38.00702
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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 Basalt Rock Co., Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • BOTH QUARRIES HAVE BEEN OPERATED BY VARIOUS OPERATORS, THE SOUTHWESTERLY SITE (SEC. 31) OPERATED FIRST IN 1876; THE OTHER (SEC. 29) SINCE 1904. PRESENT OPERATOR LEASED IN 1945 AND ADDED CRUSHING PLANT IN 1952. PRODUCES JETTY STONE AND AGGREGATES.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO QUARRIES, THE SOUTHWEST QUARRY BEING THE ONE FROM WHICH PRODUCTION WAS MADE IN 1955; CRUSHING PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, JULY 1955, P. 247-251, 288, PL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 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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