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Cowell Silver Sand Co., Laws

Producer in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109199
MRDS ID M007196
Record type Site
Current site name Cowell Silver Sand Co., Laws
Related records 10187440

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.99298, 37.9449 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. SE OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stockton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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 001N 001W 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.99298, 37.9449
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henry Cowell Lime And Cement Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF SAND PER MONTH ARE BEING REMOVED. IN 1958, WAS BEING WORKED BY SILVER SAND CO. AND CHAS. LAWS. MATERIAL PRODUCED, ABOUT 45 CU. YDS. PER DAY, BEING USED AS FILL SAND FOR ASBESTOS SHINGLE. MOST OF THE SAND IS NOW USED AS FILL MATERIAL UNDER THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION SLABS OF HOUSES.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. VOL. 47, NO. 4, OCT. 1951, P. 581; V. 54, NO. 4, OCT. 1958, PP. 552-53, 580, PL. 5; PP. 554-55, 583

Reporter information

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

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