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Pacific Clay Products

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028597
MRDS ID M005658
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Clay Products
Related records 10187260

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.91908, 38.21074 (WGS84)
Relative position W 1/2. SANDPITS IN NE1/4 SW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 010E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.91908, 38.21074
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CLAYEY SAND OF THE EOCENE IONE FM. IS MINED AT CAMANCHE. THE SAND COVERS HUNDREDS OF ACRES AND IS 150 OR MORE FEET THICK; CONTAINS AN AVERAGE OF 5% CLAY MINERALS. CRUDE SAND CONTAINS AN AVERAGE OF 75-80% QUARTZ, 15-20% FELDSPAR, 3% HEAVY MINERALS, AND 1% PEBBLES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LARGE AMOUNTS OF SILICA SAND SINCE 1957. USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS CONTAINERS. SAND IS MINED IN AN OPEN PIT, BY COMBINATION OF BENCHING AND HYDRAULICKING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO.2, P. 107, 213 AND PL. D

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 176, P. 549, 552-53

Reporter information

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

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