Gravel Pit

Past Producer in Riverside 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236825
MAS/MILS ID 0060650354
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.5936, 33.69585 (WGS84)
Elevation 90
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blythe NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005 S 023 E 32 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.5936, 33.69585

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 142-82, 1982: NO. 74,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 1, P. 17, AND PLATE 1B.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT NO 74 IN RPT. IT HAS BEEN CALLED TOSCO QUARRY IN PREVIOUS MILS RECORDS, BUT IS AN ALLUVIAL GRAVEL DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.