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Penryn Granite Quarry

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodities Stone, Granite
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109295
MRDS ID M012113
Record type Site
Current site name Penryn Granite Quarry
Alternate or previous names Griffith Quarries, Polishing Works 300acres In 1893-4
Related records 10189204

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.1602, 38.846 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST OF PENRYN (USGS FOLIO 5) 1/2 MI. E. OF PENRYN (12TH REPORT)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 007E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.1602, 38.846
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE PENRYN STONE A DARK BIOTITE GRANITE, RATHER UNIFORM IN COLOR, BUT VARYING SOMEWHAT IN TEXTURE IN THE DIFFERENT QUARRY OPENINGS. ABOUT A MILE EAST OF PENRYN A GABBRO, OR"BLACK GRANITE"IS QUARRIED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rocklin

Comments on the production information

  • OPENED 1863 OR 1864. FORMERLY USED EXTENSIVELY FOR USE IN RR CONSTRUCTION AND BLDGS - A SMALL PRODUCTION STILL MAINTAINED IN 1915.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 612, P. 213

  • Deposit

    12TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 385; ADD. REF.: 23RD REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 280, 281; 15TH REPORT P.388

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS STONE IS USED CHIEFLY FOR MONUMENTS, AND IT TAKES A BRILLIANT POLISH. BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT FALLING IN RUINS IN 1926

Reporter information

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

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