The structural and industrial materials of California (1906)
Aubury, Lewis E., 1862- · Sacramento, W. W. Shannon, Superintendent state printing · leaf 193
extent of the deposit is not less than one quarter of a mile wideand a mile in length, and it may be even larger. The present quarry-face shows from 30 to 60 feet of stone, and it is said to persist 60 feetbelow the bottom of the quarry. How much deeper it goes is not known.The deposit resembles in… … ILL. No. 82. SECTION OF FACE OF LIMESTONE QUARRY OF PACIFIC PORTLANDCEMENT COMPANY, CONS., AT CEMENT, SOLANO COUNTY. gray to buff clay, shaly in places, and containing some interstratifiedshaly sandstone. The deposit is probably late Tertiary in age. Theclay is free from fossils, but some of the…
Building stones · Portland cement · Clay · Mines and mineral resources
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