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Mclaughlin Lithograph-Stone Quarry

Occurrence in Alameda county in California, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10027999
MRDS ID M004716
Record type Site
Current site name Mclaughlin Lithograph-Stone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.0541, 37.79657 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES N OF HAYWARD BY THE CULL CYN ROAD, CLOSE TO THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Trampas Ridge(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 01S 02W 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.0541, 37.79657
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: QUARRY EXPOSED A VEIN ABOUT 5 FT. THICK FOR 25 FT. ALONG THE STRIKE. OUTCROPS EXTENDS FOR 570 FT., STRIKING NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • STONE EXPOSED HAD SOME PROPERTIES OF A GOOD LITHOGRAPHIC STONE BUT WAS NOT QUITE FINE-GRAINED AND UNIFORM ENOUGH FOR ENGRAVING. OPENED ABOUT 1905 BY SHALLOW QUARRY. NO WORK DONE FOR MANY YEARS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. V. 43, NO.3, 1947, P.206

Reporter information

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

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