Gould and Towle Quarry

Past Producer in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261240
MRDS ID W024343
MAS/MILS ID 0060570889
Record type Site
Current site name Gould and Towle Quarry
Related records 10076993

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.59382, 39.32489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cisco Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yuba(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 N 012 E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.59382, 39.32489

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 Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 66

  • Deposit

    POSSIBLY SEC 28--250 YDS FROM MAIN CPRR TRACK, 4 1/2 MI FROM

  • Deposit

    EMIGRANT GAP STATION, AT YUBA PASS; A SIDE TRACK CONNECTS QU

  • Deposit

    WITH MAIN LINE OF RR; PIT IS SMALL BUT WELL SITUATED; HAS DE

  • Deposit

    SMALL STEAM ENGINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 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.

Authoritative California resources

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