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Basalt Rock Co. Quarry, Possibly

Producer in Napa county in California, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109277
MRDS ID M010676
Record type Site
Current site name Basalt Rock Co. Quarry, Possibly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.23966, 38.30656 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Napa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount George(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(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 Napa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005N 003W 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.23966, 38.30656
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TERTIARY DIATOMACEOUS SILICA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NOTED IN VARIOUS STATE AND USBM PUBS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 149, P. 87, PLS. 3-6, INCLUSIVE

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 176

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY SHOWN ON TOPO. MAY BE THE PLANT REFERRED TO IN VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS WHERE BASALT ROCK CO. QUARRIES DIATOMACEOUS SILICA "NEAR NAPA" FOR USE IN POZZOLAN BUILDING BLOCKS.

Reporter information

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

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