Blake Stone Quarry

Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
Sections on this page
  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 10231983
MAS/MILS ID 0060291243
Record type Site
Current site name Blake Stone Quarry
Alternate or previous names Blake Stone Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.6859, 35.31279 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 S 040 E 21 N2SENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.6859, 35.31279

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 Blake Wholesale Stone
    ID 0404483
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Blake Construction Co.
    ID 0404483
    Home office California
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 10.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. MINEFILE, 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-1992 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)

StatusActive since 03/21/1990
MSHA mine ID0404483
Mine name (MSHA)Sydney Peak Stone
Current operatorSydney Peak Stone, Inc.
Current controller (parent)John D Chesney
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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External references

Authoritative California resources

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