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Riverside Cement Co. Deposit

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Clay, Limestone, General
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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 10189090
MAS/MILS ID 0060710456
Record type Site
Current site name Riverside Cement Co. Deposit
Alternate or previous names Riverside Cement Co., Oro Grande Cement Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.29698, 34.60831 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Victorville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Victorville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 N 004 W 16 SESENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Secondary
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.29698, 34.60831
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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 Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Amcord, Inc.
    ID 404348
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GOEL., V. 49, 1953, P. 175-176.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 58, 1981,

  • Deposit

    P. 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James 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 10/20/1988
MSHA mine ID0404348
Mine name (MSHA)Oro Grande Plant
Current operatorRiverside Cement Company
Current controller (parent)Hanson PLC
Mine typeFacility (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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