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Escondido Quarries, Inc.

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodity Granite
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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 10165348
MRDS ID W024922
MAS/MILS ID 0060730624
Record type Site
Current site name Escondido Quarries, Inc.
Alternate or previous names Crystal Black Quarry, Don Potts Quarry, Pacific Cut Stone and Granite Co., Valley Granite Co. Quarries, Ebony Black Diamond Granite Company
Related records 10077349

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.12806, 33.10035 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rancho Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oceanside(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis Rey-Escondido(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 012 S 002 W 30 NENWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.12806, 33.10035
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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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 3, 1963, P. 261.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1991 Rumsey, Clayton M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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