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Wait Marble

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension
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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 10028157
MRDS ID M004994
Record type Site
Current site name Wait Marble

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.88296, 38.43046 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 8 MILES NORTH OF CARBONDALE RAILWAY STATION BY GOOD ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irish Hill(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 07N 10E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.88296, 38.43046
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Greilich Bros

Comments on the production information

  • IT WAS CLAIMED THE DRILL HOLE WAS ENTIRELY IN THE MARBLE. IT OUTCROPS OVER AN AREA OF 160 BY 400 FT., AND THE SURFACE IS FLAT.

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILL HOLE DRILLED IN 1924 TO DEPTH OF 46 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 274; V. 43, NO. 3, JULY 1947, P. 212

  • Deposit

    REPORT 23 OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P.75 & 200

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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