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James Road Pit & Mill

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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 10163757
MAS/MILS ID 0060290644
Record type Site
Current site name James Road Pit & Mill
Alternate or previous names Dicco, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.06673, 35.46498 (WGS84)
Elevation 194
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oildale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taft(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare Lake Bed(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 S 027 E 27 SESWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.06673, 35.46498
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Granite Construction Co.
    ID 401751
    Home office California
  • Type Operator
    Owner Granite Construction Co.
    ID 401751
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, TABLE 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 278-279.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III-SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA, 1964, P. 28.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/03/1989
MSHA mine ID0401751
Mine name (MSHA)James Road Pit
Current operatorGranite Construction Company
Current controller (parent)Granite Construction Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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