Sonoma Rock Quarry

Producer in Sonoma county in California, United States with commodity Stone
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214502
MRDS ID W025822
MAS/MILS ID 0060970131
Record type Site
Current site name Sonoma Rock Quarry
Alternate or previous names Fairville Quarry, Lucky Strike
Related records 10077814

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.43886, 38.18769 (WGS84)
Elevation 18
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonoma(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sears Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pablo Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sonoma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 N 005 W 17 SWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.43886, 38.18769

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 Owner-Operator
    Owner North Bay Land Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JM&G V 46 #1 1950

  • Deposit

    JAN. 1950, P.97; B.152, P.282.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-MAR-1991 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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 12/31/2005
MSHA mine ID0404988
Mine name (MSHA)Sonoma Rock Company
Current operatorSonoma Rock Company
Current controller (parent)Sundt Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (502 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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