Frink Pit

Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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 10163843
MAS/MILS ID 0060250464
Record type Site
Current site name Frink Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.63862, 33.37396 (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

Frink(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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 009 S 013 E 20 NESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.63862, 33.37396

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 Desert Gravel Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Frink Sand And Gravel
    Home office California
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. ACTIVE MINES DATABASE (1991).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-1992 Ridenour, James 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)

StatusActive since 10/02/2023
MSHA mine ID0404770
Mine name (MSHA)Frink
Current operatorImperial Valley Aggregates LLC
Current controller (parent)James Richert
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (468 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references

Authoritative California resources

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