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Alves Pit

Producer in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10162857
MRDS ID M007213
MAS/MILS ID 0060130091
Record type Site
Current site name Alves Pit
Alternate or previous names Alves
Related records 10029574

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -121.95384, 38.0199 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Honker Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lodi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Suisun Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 001 W 15 NESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -121.95384, 38.0199
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eugene G. Alves
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEO V.54, NO.4, OCT. 1958, P.575, PL.5.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-1992 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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