Division of Highways

Occurrence in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Stone
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092096
MRDS ID M007831
Record type Site
Current site name Division of Highways
Related records 10115462

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.80824, 38.81712 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4. LOCATED 1 MILE NW OF COLOMA BY STATE HIGHWAY 49.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 010E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.80824, 38.81712

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner State Of California
    Home office California

Comments on the production information

  • MATERIAL USED AS ROAD FILL AND IN ASPHALT MIX.

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE QUARRY SEVERAL CRES IN EXTENT WITH 30-FT. FACE IS WORKED BY POWER SHOVEL, SCREENED, LOADED BY DUMP TRUCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 590-59

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. 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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