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Greenbrae Quarry

Occurrence in Marin county in California, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092338
MRDS ID M009190
Record type Site
Current site name Greenbrae Quarry
Related records 10114991

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51467, 37.94796 (WGS84)
Relative position NE OF JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 101 AND SIR FRANCIS DRAKE HIGHWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pablo 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 Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 006W 10,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.51467, 37.94796
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner The Hutchinson Co.

Comments on the production information

  • QUARRYING BEGAN IN 1925 AND PRODUCTION ACHIEVED THE FOLLOWING MARCH; STILL ACTIVE IN 1955. PRODUCES JETTY STONE AND CRUSHED STONE FOR PAVING; ROCK DUST AND A PORTION OF THE COARSER AGGREGATE ARE UTILIZED IN AN ASPHALT BATCH MIXING PLANT.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO QUARRIES; THE ONE TO THE EAST BEING THE ONE CURRENTLY OPERATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, JULY 1955, P. 244-46, 287, PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY THE QUARRIES SHOWN AS INDICATED ABOVE ON USGS QUAD. SAN RAFAEL, CALIF., 1954.

Reporter information

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

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