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N. M. Ball Sons

Occurrence in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029577
MRDS ID M007218
Record type Site
Current site name N. M. Ball Sons
Related records 10114035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.03521, 37.90323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walnut Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(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 002W 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.03521, 37.90323
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. A. Marshall
    Home office Danville

Comments on the production information

  • OPENED IN MAY 1947, BUT NO ROCK HAS BEEN MINED OR CRUSHED HERE SINCE LATE 1947, ALTHOUGH SOME SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FROM A STOCK PILE WHICH STILL CONTAINS ABOUT 10,000 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. VOL. 47, NO. 4, OCT. 1951, P. 585

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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Authoritative California resources

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