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Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry.

Occurrence in Marin county in California, United States with commodities Stone, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10030790
MRDS ID M009201
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry.
Related records 10236108

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -122.72126, 38.07294 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Geronimo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomales-Drake Bays(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 006W 29,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary
Stone, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -122.72126, 38.07294
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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 James E. Gilchrist

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE APPROX. 1890-1920 WHEN DIMENSION STONE AND CRUSHED STONE WAS USED IN THE CEMETERY. THE GROUNDS HAVE SINCE BEEN REDUCED IN AREA AND THE QUARRY IS NOW OWNED BY GILCHRIST.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY FACE 75 FT. LONG, ABOUT 25 FT. HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, JULY 1955, P. 251, 288, PL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 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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