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Turtle Rock Quarry

Producer in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029562
MRDS ID M007189
Record type Site
Current site name Turtle Rock Quarry
Related records 10114327

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.9216, 37.8699 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 SE1/4 UNSURVEYED SEC. 2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Diablo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 001W 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :STATE PARK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GLAUCOPHANE SCHIST QUARRIED FOR USE AS BUILDING STONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION PROBABLY TOTALING LESS THAN 20 TONS; ALL USED LOCALLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. SP. REPT. 80, P. 22 AND PL.

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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