Tionesta Quarry

Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281573
MAS/MILS ID 0060930430
Record type Site
Current site name Tionesta Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.53418, 41.51675 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medicine Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tulelake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Modoc National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043 N 004 E 32 SESESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.53418, 41.51675

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Milo Hyytimin, 13290 Hodge Dr, Reno, Nevada 89511
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINES & MINERAL PRODUCERS ACTIVE IN CA DURING 1980; CDOM&G

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL PUBLICATION 58, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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