Bailey Ranch Pumice Deposit

Occurrence in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092015
MRDS ID M007217
Record type Site
Current site name Bailey Ranch Pumice Deposit
Related records 10187403

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.94354, 38.00407 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Honker Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lodi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Suisun Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 001W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.94354, 38.00407

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bailey, A. S.

Comments on the production information

  • MINING BEGAN IN 1946 AND CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE QUARRY WAS INACTIVE IN MAY 1954, AND SHOWED INDICATIONS OF HAVING BEEN INACTIVE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY ABOUT 100' LONG, 30' WIDE, AND HAS A FACE ABOUT 30' HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 174, PP. 32 AND 94

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. VOL. 47, NO. 4, OCT. 1951, PP. 578-9; V. 54, NO. 4, OCT. 1958, P. 574, PL. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. 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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