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Hansen Dam Quarry

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Granite, Stone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105332
MRDS ID TC40366
Record type Site
Current site name Hansen Dam Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32062, 34.31918 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position ON GOLD CREEK, 0.75 MILE E OF LITTLE TUJUNGA CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Los Angeles(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Angeles 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 Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N 014W 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Granite Primary
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Granite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32062, 34.31918
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Production years 1938-40

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Atkinson, Guy F.
    Home office Long Beach, Calif
    First year 1957
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers

Comments on the production information

  • INACTIVE DEVELOPED PRODUCER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1958, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN FERNANDO QUADRANGLE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 172, 147 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITIC ROCKS ARE UNALTERED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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