Columbia Quarry

Producer in Tuolumne county in California, United States with commodity Magnesite
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10238695
MAS/MILS ID 0061090229
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.4249, 38.06571 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 014 E 34 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.4249, 38.06571

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Merck And Co.
    ID 402297

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEE CARD FOR SEC 34 3N 14E

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-1991 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)

StatusAbandoned since 03/28/1995
MSHA mine ID0402297
Mine name (MSHA)Columbia Quarry
Current operatorMarine Magnesium Company
Current controller (parent)Cph Sub Inc & Marine Magnesium Management Company
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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Authoritative California resources

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