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Felton Pit

Producer in Santa Cruz 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164776
MRDS ID W025203
MAS/MILS ID 0060870047
Record type Site
Current site name Felton Pit
Alternate or previous names Felton No 2 Pit and Mill
Related records 10077511

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -122.04183, 37.05182 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Cruz(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Felton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palo Alto(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Cruz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 S 002 W 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -122.04183, 37.05182
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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 Kaiser Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 401828

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA RPRT NO R-4,IDENTIFICATION NO04-01828,9-16-75,PHOENIX,A

  • Deposit

    ALONG CONFERENCE RD,OFF MT HERMAN RD;

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINE PRODUCT IS SPECIALTY SAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 03/03/2004
MSHA mine ID0401828
Mine name (MSHA)Felton
Current operatorHanson Aggregates West, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Hanson PLC
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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