Carpinteria Deposit

Past Producer in Santa Barbara county in California, United States with commodities Clay, Montmorillonite
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10141152
MAS/MILS ID 0060830016
Record type Site
Current site name Carpinteria Deposit
Alternate or previous names Santa Barbara Builders Supply Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.69764, 34.4136 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Barbara(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Barbara(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Barbara Coastal(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 N 027 W 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Montmorillonite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.69764, 34.4136

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carpinteria Clay Products Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1925
  • Type Operator
    Owner Refineries Clay Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1925

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 21, 1925, P. 546.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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