Blue Creek Canyon Limestone

Occurrence in Tulare county in California, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10238494
MAS/MILS ID 0061070282
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Creek Canyon Limestone
Alternate or previous names Blue Canyon Creek Limestone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.75783, 36.04887 (WGS84)
Elevation 475
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Globe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tule(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022 S 030 E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.75783, 36.04887

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 194, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1978, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-39, P. 17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-SEP-1992 Ridenour, James 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.