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Antioch Sand Company

Producer in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029556
MRDS ID M007174
Record type Site
Current site name Antioch Sand Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.77826, 38.01407 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4. PROBABLY ONE OF THE TWO PITS SHOWN AT THIS LOCALITY ON USGS QUAD. ANTIOCH NORTH, CALIF., 1953.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antioch North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lodi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 02N 02E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.77826, 38.01407
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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

  • THE PLANT IS SITUATED IN THE SAND DUNES. RAILROAD CARS ARE OUTLOADED FROM AN OVERHEAD RAMP AT THE RATE OF ABOUT SIX CARS PER DAY. IN 1958, SITE HAD BEEN TAKEN OVER FOR CROWN ZELLERBACH PAPER PLANT. THE PIT HAD BEEN ACTIVE UNTIL 1950.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. VOL. 47, NO. 4, OCT. 1951, P. 580; V. 54, NO. 4, OCT. 1958, P. 579

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.

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