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Falkenbury Shale Quarry

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. 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 10213927
MRDS ID W025260
MAS/MILS ID 0060890257
Record type Site
Current site name Falkenbury Shale Quarry
Related records 10077560, 10189683

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.34799, 40.71675 (WGS84)
Elevation 463
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

City of Shasta Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033 N 004 W 09 SWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.34799, 40.71675
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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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Calaveras Cement Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINES & MINERAL PRODUCERS ACTIVE IN CA., DURING 1980, CDOM&G

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL PUBLICATION 58, 1981

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUB./ 103, 1990.

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY MINED IS SHALE FOR CEMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-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.

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Authoritative California resources

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