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John D. Hoff Asbestos Co

Producer in Alameda county in California, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10027997
MRDS ID M004712
Record type Site
Current site name John D. Hoff Asbestos Co
Related records 10284661

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.14326, 37.80351 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oakland East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 003W 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.14326, 37.80351
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL TONNAGE MINED IN 1915. MATERIAL USED WITH MAGNESITE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ASBESTOS STUCCO, FLOORING, AND STEAM PIPE COVERING. AMOUNT OF OCCURRENCE SO LIMITED THAT NO FURTHER PRODUCTION WAS MADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES I.C. 7860, P.3,7,11

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 46, NO.2,APRIL 1950, P.285, 342, PL.58

  • Deposit

    REPORT 25 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P.430

Reporter information

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

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