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Union Paving Pit

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139391
MAS/MILS ID 0060290643
Record type Site
Current site name Union Paving Pit
Alternate or previous names Union Paving Pit & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.03983, 35.45308 (WGS84)
Elevation 197
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oildale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taft(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare Lake Bed(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 S 027 E 35 SENENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.03983, 35.45308
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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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kern Rock Co
    ID 401830
    Home office California

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., SPECIAL PUBLICATION 58, 1981,

  • Deposit

    P. 41.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Raney, Russell G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/05/1988
MSHA mine ID0401830
Mine name (MSHA)James Road Pit & Mill
Current operatorKern Rock Company
Current controller (parent)Hanson PLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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