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Smith Sand Pit

Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Silica
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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 10285602
MAS/MILS ID 0060650867
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Sand Pit
Alternate or previous names Smith Silica Pit, Jones Deposit, Hoag Ranch Deposit, Sand Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.53558, 33.81473 (WGS84)
Elevation 280
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corona South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ana(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004 S 006 W 17 SWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.53558, 33.81473
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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 Riverside Cement Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 889-891.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-OCT-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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