Alberhill Coal & Clay Co

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077163
MRDS ID W024615
Record type Site
Current site name Alberhill Coal & Clay Co
Related records 10188621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.37865, 33.71697 (WGS84)
Elevation 427

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alberhill(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
005S 005W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.37865, 33.71697

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 10SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 2,000,000 TONS(?) MINED AND SOLD AS OF 1945.

Comments on the workings information

  • TEN PITS, MAIN PIT 300 FT DEEP, 2000 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS 1973 P 51. ALSO LOC IN SEC 22

  • Deposit

    5S-5W.

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 159-60.

  • Production

    SAMPSON AND TUCKER (1945).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY FORMS A HILL 2.5 MILE LONG BY 1 MILE WIDE, AXIS OF HILL TRENDS NW, 36 DIFFERENT TYPES IDENTIFIED. INTERBEDDED WITH CLAYS IS LIGNITE COAL 2-11 FT THICK. LOCALLY THE CLAYS MAY BE VERTICAL DUE TO FOLDING, OVERBURDEN OF DISINTEGRATED GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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