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Bacon Pit

Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
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  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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028032
MRDS ID M004792
Record type Site
Current site name Bacon Pit
Related records 10211564

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.03185, 38.35907 (WGS84)
Relative position SE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sacramento(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goose Creek(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 Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 009E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.03185, 38.35907
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bacon, Charles

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1947 BACON BEGAN SPORADIC PRODUCTION OF PUMICITE; MATERIAL IS MARKETED PRINCIPALLY IN BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.THE BED HAS A SLIGHT WESTERLY DIP AND IS OVERLAIN BY ANDESITIC DETRITUS OF THE MEHRTEN FORMATION; OVERBURDEN MAY BE ABSENT IN PLACES BUT MAY ATTAIN 90 FT. IN THICKNESS IN OTHERS

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT AND SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.214, 275, PL.1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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