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Sutter Buttes Quarry

Producer in Sutter 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. 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 10214641
MAS/MILS ID 0061010005
Record type Site
Current site name Sutter Buttes Quarry
Alternate or previous names Sutter Buttes Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.81385, 39.15768 (WGS84)
Elevation 24
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sutter(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sutter Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(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 Sutter

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 N 001 E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.81385, 39.15768
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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 Butte Rock And Gravel Co.
    ID 404279
    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 PUBL. 103, 1990.

  • Deposit

    ALSO LOCATED IN SECTION 13.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/09/1982
MSHA mine ID0404279
Mine name (MSHA)Nevis Pit
Current operatorBaldwin Contracting Company Inc
Current controller (parent)M & T Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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