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Amador Lime Rock

Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028076
MRDS ID M004874
Record type Site
Current site name Amador Lime Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.88046, 38.37462 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI. NE OF 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)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

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 06N 10E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.88046, 38.37462
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Portland Cement Co.

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN A SMALL WAY FROM 1859 TO 1910. AN ANALYSIS FROM THIS PROPERTY IN 1912 REPORTEDLY SHOWED 97.78 PERCENT CACO3. THERE ARE TWO EXPOSURES OF A GOOD GRADE OF LIMESTONE, EACH 85 FT. WIDE; AND ALONG THE STRIKE BUT NOT CONTINUOUSLY EXPOSED, THIS GRADE OF STONE WAS TRACED FOR 700 FT. THERE IS ANOTHER OUTCROP, 45 FT. BY 150 FT. ON A HILL A QUARTER OF A MILE DISTANT, WHICH IS QUITE SILICEOUS

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.273, V. 43, NO. 3, JULY 1947, P.208

Reporter information

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

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