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Fountain Springs Borrow Pit

Producer in Tulare 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166107
MAS/MILS ID 0061070410
Record type Site
Current site name Fountain Springs Borrow Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.91173, 35.90687 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fountain Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Deer-Upper White(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 Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 S 028 E 23 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.91173, 35.90687
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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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner King, L. Shan
    Year 1989
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bluestone Aggregate
    Home office California
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBL. 103, 1990, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. MINEFILE DATABASE, JUNE 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-SEP-92 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)

StatusActive since 10/15/2024
MSHA mine ID0405180
Mine name (MSHA)FOUNTAIN SPRINGS
Current operatorPORTERVILLE ROCK AND RECYCLE INC
Current controller (parent)Mitchell Brown
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (674 m, 0.82 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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