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Pittsburg Sand Company

Producer in Contra Costa 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029543
MRDS ID M007149
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburg Sand Company
Related records 10235317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.86521, 37.95851 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antioch South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin Delta(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 001E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.86521, 37.95851
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hazel-Atlas Glass Co.

Comments on the production information

  • THE PRODUCTION OF SAND CONTINUED UNTIL THE END OF 1945 WHEN THE COMPANY WAS LIQUIDATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. VOL. 47, NO. 4, OCT. 1951, P. 583; V. 54, NO. 4, OCT. 1958, P. 582, PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLD COAL MINE WORKED FOR SAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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