Griffin Brothers - Rock Quarry Number 2

Producer in Palm Beach county in Florida, United States with commodity Sand
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references
  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10306424
MRDS ID AG00226
Record type Site
Current site name Griffin Brothers - Rock Quarry Number 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -80.14702, 26.37258 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Palm Beach(county)

Florida(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Dixie Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Lauderdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

West Palm Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Everglades(hydrologic unit)

Southern(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Florida Palm Beach

Comments on the location information

  • 1 Mile West of Boca Raton, S of Hwy 808; Corrected Lat/Long To Conform To Location Comments and Stated County. Location Estimated From 7.5 Min Quadrangle Based On Township/Range Info Given In Reference

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Fine Aggregate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -80.14702, 26.37258

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Spencer, S.M., 1993, Industrial Minerals Industry Directory Of Florida, Florida Geological Survey, Information Circular Ic-109, 30 Pp.Spencer, S.M., 1993, Industrial Minerals Industry Directory Of Florida, Florida Geological Survey, Information Circular Ic-109, 30 Pp.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-97 Hendrickson, J. C. (Spencer, S. M.) Florida Geological Survey
Editor 04-NOV-02 Nicholson, S.W. U.S. Geological Survey reformated date column; calculated latitude and longitude in decimal degrees; added Location Precision, Continent, Country, State, Commodity Code, Ore Minerals Code fields; changed Major Commodity field content and Ore Minerals field content to conform to

Beyond USGS

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