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Shell Canyon Pit

Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115058
MAS/MILS ID 0060250494
Record type Site
Current site name Shell Canyon Pit
Alternate or previous names Fossil Canyon Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.01973, 32.77787 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrizo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 016 S 009 E 14 NW California

Comments on the location information

  • PIT ALSO IN NE/4 SEC. 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.01973, 32.77787
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Val-Rock, Inc.
    Home office California
    Year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. MINEFILE DATABASE, JUNE 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-JUN-93 Silva 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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