Hanford Pit

Producer in Sacramento 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261981
MAS/MILS ID 0060670090
Record type Site
Current site name Hanford Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.28103, 38.4168 (WGS84)
Elevation 18
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sacramento(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lodi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Sacramento

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 N 006 E 35 SESENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.28103, 38.4168

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Preston Hanford Sand And Gravel
    ID 402728
    Home office California
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE FILE REFERENCE, MARCH, 1979.

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/08/1999
MSHA mine ID0402728
Mine name (MSHA)HANFORD
Current operatorCurtis Hanford Sand & Gravel
Current controller (parent)Curtis Hanford
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative California resources

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