San Pasqual Pit and Mill

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077387
MRDS ID W024984
Record type Site
Current site name San Pasqual Pit and Mill
Related records 10165364

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.02447, 33.09699 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 3.5 MI SE OF CENTER OF ESCONDIDO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Escondido(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oceanside(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Diego(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 012N 001W 30 SW OF SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.02447, 33.09699

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granitic Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granitic Intrusion

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Granitic Intrusions

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1953
Production years 1953 TO AT LEAST 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL CUT, USE TRACTOR SCRAPER.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SMALL OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA RPRT NO 2,IDENTIFICATION NO 04-01965 8-22-75; PHOENIX,ARIZONA;

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY IS SAND;

  • Deposit

    ALSO ANOTHER PIT OWNED BY SAME CO 3 MILES EAST OF HIGHWAY 95;

  • Deposit

    WEBER, F.H.,JR., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 3, P. 240.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1994 Unknown Unknown
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG, COMMODITIES, DEPOSIT TYPE. ENTERED HOST ROCK TYPE, GEOLOGY, LOCATION, EXPLORATION, WORKINGS.

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/20/2020
MSHA mine ID0405717
Mine name (MSHA)San Pasqual Quarry
Current operatorSuperior Ready Mix Concrete L.P.
Current controller (parent)Vulcan Materials Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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Authoritative California resources

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