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United Materials and Richmond Pressed Brick Co.

Producer in Contra Costa county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109200
MRDS ID M007245
Record type Site
Current site name United Materials and Richmond Pressed Brick Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.38605, 37.91518 (WGS84)
Relative position AT POINT RICHMOND.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Contra Costa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Quentin(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 Contra Costa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 01N 05W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.38605, 37.91518
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE SINCE 1907-IN 1958 WAS PRODUCING 40,000 FIRE BRICKS PER DAY.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. VOL. 47, NO. 4, OCT. 1951, P. 573; V. 54, NO. 4, OCT. 1958, PP. 514-15, 568

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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