A former crushed stone (limestone) quarry located in sec. 1, T1N, R1W, HM, 2.1 km (6,800 feet) W of Rio Dell. NOTE: The MRDS database stated accuracy for this locality is 1,000 meters.

Local rocks include Pliocene marine rocks.

Workings include surface and underground openings.

Commodity List

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ⓘ Limestone

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Limestone

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Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10236282

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

Coast MountainsMountain Range

North America PlateTectonic Plate

California Coast RangesAccretionary Complex
Franciscan DomainDomain
Northern California Borderland BasinsBasin

USA

California
- Humboldt County
  - Coastal RangeMountain Range

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References

Minerals Availability System (MAS) file ID #0060230137.

Pacific Southwest Field Committee (PSFC) (1955), Natural Resources of NW California Geol. Mines Resources: figure 9.

USGS MRDS database (2005), loc. file ID #10236282 & 10076578.

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