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Prospect in Alameda county in California, United States with commodity Quartz
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097001
MRDS ID M004760
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.62325, 37.64741 (WGS84)
Relative position TUNNEL IN NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SEC. 26

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alameda(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midway(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco 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 Alameda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 003E 25,26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.62325, 37.64741
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ABANDONED - MAY HAVE BEEN WORKED DURING PERIOD 1901-06. ONE PROSPECT IN NW 1/4 SEC. 26; THE OTHER NEAR CTR. OF NW 1/4 SEC. 25. THE MINING OF GLASS SAND IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN HELD BACK BY THE MORE READY ACCESSIBILITY AND HIGHER QUALITY OF THE WHITE SANDS NEAR MT. DIABLO AND THE IMPORTATION OF HIGH QUALITY GLASS SAND AS BALLAST IN SHIPS FROM HOLLAND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 140, P.61, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    MIN. INF. SVCE. V. 7, NO. 6 P.3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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