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Negro Hill

Occurrence in Marin 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 10030801
MRDS ID M009223
MAS/MILS ID 0060410082
Record type Site
Current site name Negro Hill
Alternate or previous names Nigger Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58412, 38.14878 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 SW1/4. ON SUMMIT OF BURDELL MOUNTAIN AND PROBABLY THE ROCK QUARRY SHOWN AS INDICATED ABOVE ON USGS QUAD. PETALUMA CREEK, CALIF., 1954.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petaluma River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pablo Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 007W 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.58412, 38.14878
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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 Rose, Freitas, Rose, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • Paving Blocks Produced; Quarry Closed Before 1894.

Comments on the workings information

  • Quarry

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Calif. Jour. Mines and Geol. V. 51, No. 3, July 1955, P. 288, Pl.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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