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Mount Shasta Silica

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077513
MRDS ID W025206
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Shasta Silica

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.72608, 41.01096 (WGS84)
Elevation 957

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burney Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McArthur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lassen National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
036N 002E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.72608, 41.01096
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXII PP 163-166

  • Deposit

    ALSO SECT 3 & 22-23-24 ALSO TOWNSHIP 37N & RANGE 3E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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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