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Ecklund Property

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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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 10028086
MRDS ID M004888
Record type Site
Current site name Ecklund Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.88158, 38.33268 (WGS84)

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 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.88158, 38.33268
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. C. Ecklund
    First year 1927

Comments on the production information

  • WAS ONCE WORKED BY A MR. DENNISON OF IONE, BUT WAS IDLE IN 1927. PROPERTY OF 80 ACRES, LYING SOUTH OF THE IONE-JACKSON HIGHWAY AT THE POINT WHERE IT CROSSES THE RAILROAD, 1.5 MILES EAST OF IONE. ALMOST THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS COVERED WITH AN OVERBURDEN OF VOLCANIC BRECCIA AND INSUFFICIENT PROSPECTING HAS BEEN DONE TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND CHARACTER OF THE UNDERLYING CLAY BEDS

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 99, P 59-60

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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