Platz Quarry

Producer in Orange county in California, United States with commodity Kaolin
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 10116120
MAS/MILS ID 0060590130
Record type Site
Current site name Platz Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.53777, 33.67473 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santiago Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aliso-San Onofre(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cleveland National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Orange

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006 S 007 W 12 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Riverside Cement Co.
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBL. 103, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.