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Bee Rock Quarry

Producer in Santa Barbara county in California, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10165136
MAS/MILS ID 0060830026
Record type Site
Current site name Bee Rock Quarry
Alternate or previous names Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.97565, 34.55499 (WGS84)
Elevation 917
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Barbara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Cachuma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ynez(hydrologic unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Barbara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006 N 029 W 31 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.97565, 34.55499
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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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner John F. Blakemore
    Home office California
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 186, P. 86, 89; PLATE 3.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-FEB-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 02/07/1989
MSHA mine ID0404704
Mine name (MSHA)Bee Rock Quarry
Current operatorGranite Construction Company
Current controller (parent)Granite Construction Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (131 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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Authoritative California resources

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