Harrison-Birdwell - Pacific Cement and Aggregates Co.

Producer in Contra Costa 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 10029564
MRDS ID M007198
Record type Site
Current site name Harrison-Birdwell - Pacific Cement and Aggregates Co.
Related records 10114657

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.98937, 37.92462 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 14, NW1/4 23. LOCATED A MILE SOUTH OF CLAYTON. QUARRIES MAY BE THOSE SHOWN AT LOCATIONS GIVEN ABOVE ON USGS QUAD. CLAYTON, CALIF. 1953. LATEST REFERENCE (V. 54) SHOWS SEC. 23 ONLY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Suisun Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(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 001N 001W 14,23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.98937, 37.92462

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. Murchio

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS BEGAN IN JULY 1947 AND HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUS SINCE THAT TIME. TOTAL DAILY CAPACITY OF CRUSHED ROCK IS 1000 TONS. IN 1958 PACIFIC CEMENT CONTINUED OPERATIONS BEGUN IN 1954 WITH DAILY REPORTED CAPACITY OF 2400 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. 47, NO. 4, OCT. 1951, PP. 586-7; V. 54, NO. 4, OCT. 1958, PP. 550-51, 577, 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.

Authoritative California resources

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