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Big Bend Marble Quarry

Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension
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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 10109119
MRDS ID M005486
Record type Site
Current site name Big Bend Marble Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.44744, 39.71766 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 22N 05E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.44744, 39.71766
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW HUNDRED TONS WAS SHIPPED FROM HERE IN 1929

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES REPORT 26, P. 407, VOL. 43 #3 (1947) P. 214

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 68

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 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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Authoritative California resources

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