Carlsbad Pit

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116812
MAS/MILS ID 0060730821
Record type Site
Current site name Carlsbad Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.31776, 33.20815 (WGS84)
Elevation 73
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Luis Rey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oceanside(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis Rey-Escondido(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011 S 004 W 20 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.31776, 33.20815

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silica Products Inc.
    Home office 3180 University Ave #200, San Diego, CA
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBL/ICATION 58, 1981,

  • Deposit

    P. 51.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-OCT-1995 Rumsey, Clayton M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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