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Enwood Sand and Rock Co.

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031993
MRDS ID M012028
Record type Site
Current site name Enwood Sand and Rock Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.2602, 38.76878 (WGS84)
Relative position PLANT ON OUTSKIRTS - JUST EAST OF ROSEVILLE ON STATE HIGHWAY; MATERIAL TAKEN FROM SECRET RAVINE (SEC. 36)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roseville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 11N 06E 35,36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.2602, 38.76878
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SAND IS COARSER THAN THAT FROM MANY PITS. (PLEISTOCENE RIVER GRAVELS). A LITTLE GOLD IS RECOVERED WHEN THE SAND IS WASHED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1926.

Comments on the workings information

  • DIGGING BY DRAG-LINE - MATERIAL HAULED TO PLANT (IN SEC. 35) BY NARROW-GAUGE RAIL WAY WHERE MATERIAL WASHED, SCREENED, AND MADE READY FOR SALE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM 23RD REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST P.284-5

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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