Angels Camp / Empire Mine / McLaughlin Mine / The Mountain Pass Mine / The Pine Creek Mine / Devils Postpile National Monument / Benitoite Gem Mine / /
IndustryTerm
advisory services / well-defined mining engineering / natural gas / chemical industries / oil and gas / volcanic gas / natural oil / metal / geothermal energy / carbon dioxide gas release / steel / annual metal production / oil / oil field / electricity / geothermal space-heating systems / important oil-producing formation / mining / cement / fiberglass manufacture / oil wells / /
Movie
The Gold Rush / The Petrified Forest / The Salton Sea / /
NaturalFeature
San Gabriel mountain / Salton Sea / American River / Great Valley / Colorado Desert / Petrified Forest / Imperial Valley / Sherwin Hill / Cold Creek / Moon Bay / Columbia Plateau / Inyo crater / Mt. Tehama / Rogers Creek / Owens Valley / San Bernardino Mountains / Mt. Whitney / Clear Lake / California desert / San Joaquin Valley / Palos Verdes Peninsula / Klamath Mountains / Surprise Valley / Mojave Desert / Modoc Plateau / Morro Bay / Lake Tahoe / Table Mountain / Mono Lake / Colorado River / Santa Cruz Mountains / Death Valley / Sacramento Valley / Long Valley / San Jacinto mountain / Mono Craters / Toowa Valley / San mountain / Mammoth Mountain / Gabriel mountain / Bernardino mountain / Kuril Islands / Mount Konocti / Tungsten Hills / Medicine Lake / Mono crater / San Clemente Island / San Bernardino mountain / Sierra Nevada / Mt. Shasta / /
Organization
California Legislature / Division of Mines / office of State / Repeated / California Academy of Sciences / Department of Conservation / Department of Natural Resources / State Mining Bureau / Abandoned Mine Lands Unit / /
Person
John B. Trask / Josiah D. Whitney / /
Position
Geophysicists / State Geologist and director of the first Geological Survey of California / Geologist / producer / Honorary State Geologist / first staff geologist / State Geologist / State Mineralogist / /
Product
Diablo / M-9 / /
ProvinceOrState
San Diego County / Imperial County / San Benito County / Lake County / Tehama County / Washington / Missouri / Utah / Klamath Mountains / California / Idaho / Wyoming / The West Shasta District / Nevada / Oregon / Ventura County / Colorado Desert / San Bernardino County / /
Region
Eastern California / northern Nevada / south central coast / southern California / southern Idaho / western North America / central California / central Mojave Desert / northern California / northeastern California / western Wyoming / eastern Oregon / /
California Geological Survey - 150th Anniversary 150 Geologic Facts about California California’s geology is varied and complex. The high mountains and broad valleys we see today were created over long periods of time