Vallecitos Deposits

Past Producer in San Benito county in California, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  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 10077215
MRDS ID W024692
Record type Site
Current site name Vallecitos Deposits
Related records 10231626

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.76071, 36.44938 (WGS84)
Elevation 610

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hernandez Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coalinga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 011E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.76071, 36.44938

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY IS BENTONITE; LOCATION IS VERY APRROXIMATE; USBM R1 5487

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 176, P. 139

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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