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Oroville Wildlife Pit

Producer in Butte 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 10211120
MAS/MILS ID 0060070012
Record type Site
Current site name Oroville Wildlife Pit
Alternate or previous names Butte County Gravel Plant, Highway 70 Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -121.62105, 39.41678 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palermo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 003 E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -121.62105, 39.41678
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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 Matthews Ready Mix, Inc.
    Home office California
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Robinson Construction Co., Inc.
    Home office California
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF DIV OF MINES J VOL 45 NO 3 PP 440 AND 435

  • Deposit

    DEC 1954 ABOUT 350 CUBIC YDS OF GRAVEL IS PROCESSED PER DAY

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-1992 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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