Internat'L Pipe & Ceramics Co

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028035
MRDS ID M004798
Record type Site
Current site name Internat'L Pipe & Ceramics Co
Related records 10284598

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93935, 38.3449 (WGS84)
Relative position AT IONE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(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 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sand Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.93935, 38.3449

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SAND DEPOSIT IS 70 FT. IN DEPTH AND LIES UNDER AN OVERBURDEN APPROX. 30 FT. THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NEW PLANT W /70 TPH CAP. COMPLETED AT IONE TO PROCESS SILICA SAND FOR GLASS MAKING. FACILITIES INCLUDE OPEN-PIT MNG. EQUIP., MILL PROCESS EQUIP., AND RR LOADING FACILITIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING WORLD, MARCH 1963, P.35

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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