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Highgrove, Riverside County, California, United States

Alternative Names:	Citrus, East Riverside, High Grove, Highgrove, Merril, Merrill
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Riverside County, California, USA
Region:	Riverside County, California, United States
Latitude:	34° 0' 57" N
Longitude:	117° 20' 0" W
Lat/Long (dec):	34.01585,-117.33338
Köppen climate type:	Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Elevation:	290m
Population:	3,988 (2011)
Mindat Feature ID:	5356864
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5356864:3
GUID:	0

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Hancock's Brick Yard Mine, Grand Terrace, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 1' 21" N	117° 20' 3" W	0.8km (0.5 miles)
Grand Terrace, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 1' 52" N	117° 18' 47" W	2.5km (1.6 miles)
Sugar Loaf pit, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 59' 34" N	117° 18' 49" W	3.1km (1.9 miles)
Box Springs Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 59' 30" N	117° 17' 43" W	4.4km (2.7 miles)
Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA	34° 1' 0" N	117° 22' 59" W	4.6km (2.9 miles)
Old City Quarry (City Quarry; North Hill Quarry; Quarry Hill; Fairmount), Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 59' 39" N	117° 22' 34" W	4.6km (2.9 miles)
Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA	34° 1' 29" N	117° 23' 1" W	4.7km (2.9 miles)
Commercial Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA	34° 1' 24" N	117° 23' 4" W	4.8km (3.0 miles)
Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA	34° 1' 24" N	117° 23' 7" W	4.9km (3.0 miles)
California Portland Cement Company Mine, West Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 3' 38" N	117° 20' 20" W	5.0km (3.1 miles)
Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA	34° 1' 27" N	117° 23' 17" W	5.1km (3.2 miles)
Slover Mountain Quarry (California Portland Cement Company Quarry; Colton Marble), West Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 3' 47" N	117° 20' 12" W	5.3km (3.3 miles)
Spicer Silica property, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 57' 52" N	117° 19' 36" W	5.7km (3.6 miles)
West Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 4' 1" N	117° 21' 10" W	6.0km (3.7 miles)
City Creek occurrence, Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 2' 32" N	117° 16' 15" W	6.5km (4.0 miles)
Mount Rubidoux, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 59' 2" N	117° 23' 31" W	6.5km (4.0 miles)
Crestmore, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 2' 40" N	117° 23' 46" W	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Unnamed stone pit [21], Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 57' 30" N	117° 18' 49" W	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Unnamed Granite deposit [4] (Unnamed pit), Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 57' 23" N	117° 19' 34" W	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 4' 26" N	117° 18' 46" W	6.7km (4.2 miles)
Box Springs Quarry, Box Springs, Box Springs Mountains, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 57' 20" N	117° 18' 6" W	7.3km (4.5 miles)
Raney Borrow pit, Crestmore, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 2' 48" N	117° 24' 14" W	7.4km (4.6 miles)
Haven Granite Company Quarry, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA	34° 0' 46" N	117° 24' 51" W	7.5km (4.6 miles)
Rubidoux Quarry, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA	34° 1' 0" N	117° 24' 54" W	7.5km (4.7 miles)
New City Quarry (Victoria Avenue quarry), Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 57' 1" N	117° 21' 21" W	7.6km (4.7 miles)
Santa Ana River pit, Colton, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 4' 15" N	117° 16' 57" W	7.7km (4.8 miles)
Castro Quarry (Castro ? Quarry; Magstone Products), Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA	33° 56' 45" N	117° 21' 36" W	8.1km (5.1 miles)
Henshaw Quarry, Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 2' 56" N	117° 24' 43" W	8.1km (5.1 miles)
Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 2' 41" N	117° 15' 1" W	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Bloomington, San Bernardino County, California, USA	34° 4' 13" N	117° 23' 44" W	8.4km (5.2 miles)

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Wet Weather Quarry of Crestmore Quarries

Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

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Metamorphosed rocks exposed next to Wet Weather Quarry

Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

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Quartz diorite exposed near Wet Weather Quarry

Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

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Wet Weather Quarry of Crestmore Quarries

Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

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Metamorphosed rocks exposed next to Wet Weather Quarry

Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

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Quartz diorite exposed near Wet Weather Quarry

Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

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Wet Weather Quarry of Crestmore Quarries

Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

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Metamorphosed rocks exposed next to Wet Weather Quarry

Wet Weather Quarry, Sky Blue Hill, Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 8.4 km)

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'Apophyllite Group'

ⓘ Fluorellestadite (TL)

ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'

ⓘ Hillebrandite

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ Hydroxylellestadite

ⓘ var: Wilkeite (FRL)

ⓘ 'var: Manganese Dendrites'

ⓘ 'Phillipsite Subgroup'

ⓘ Riversideite (TL)

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

ⓘ Stringhamite

ⓘ Strontianite

ⓘ Szaibélyite

ⓘ 'Tennantite Subgroup'

ⓘ Tenorite

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

ⓘ Thaumasite

ⓘ Thomsonite-Ca

ⓘ 'Thomsonite Subgroup'

ⓘ Wayneburnhamite (TL)

ⓘ Whelanite

ⓘ Wightmanite (TL)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 8.4 km)

ⓘ Metasedimentary rock

ⓘ 'Pegmatite'

ⓘ 'Porphyry'

ⓘ Quartz-diorite

ⓘ 'Quartz-mica schist'

ⓘ Quartz-monzonite

ⓘ Skarn

Entries shown in red are rocks recorded for this region.

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type
North America	Continent
Franciscan Domain, North America Plate	Domain
Peninsular Ranges Batholith, North America Plate	Volcanic Arc
Pacific Plate	Tectonic Plate
USA	Country
California, USA	State
Riverside County, California, USA	County

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