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Featherstone Deposit

Past Producer in Los Angeles 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114968
MRDS ID W024044
MAS/MILS ID 0060370035
Record type Site
Current site name Featherstone Deposit
Alternate or previous names Feather-Stone Insulation Co.
Related records 10110777

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.84589, 34.08002 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Dimas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Gabriel(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 001 S 009 W 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Miocene marine rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 18, 1922, P. 366-368.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 33, 1937, P. 202.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 50, 1954, NO. 144, P. 664.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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