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Black Mountain

Occurrence in Marin county in California, United States with commodity 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 10030805
MRDS ID M009231
Record type Site
Current site name Black Mountain
Related records 10304618

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.76717, 38.07656 (WGS84)
Elevation 37
Relative position SW SLOPE BLACK MTN ABOUT 2 MI. E. OF PT. REYES STA. LOCATED NEAR JUNCTION OF ARROYO NICASIO AND LAGUNITAS CREEK. PROBABLY THE QUARRY SHOWN ABOUT 1,000 FT. N. OF THE JUNCTION, JUST EAST OF THE HIGHWAY, ON USGS QUAD. INVERNESS, CALIF., 1954.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inverness(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 003N 008W 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.76717, 38.07656
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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 Owner
    Owner J. S. Burdell

Comments on the production information

  • MARIN GRAVEL CO. PRODUCED CRUSHED STONE HERE UNTIL 1953 WHEN PLANT WAS DISMANTLED AND MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCALITY. IDLE IN 1955.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, JULY 1955, P. 239, 285, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    CDM BULL. 149, PL. 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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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