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Gladding Mcbean & Co.

Producer in Placer 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031996
MRDS ID M012032
Record type Site
Current site name Gladding Mcbean & Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.31743, 38.90072 (WGS84)
Relative position 480 ACRES - PIT BEING WORKED IN 1926 WAS IN SE1/4 SEC. 9. USGS CIRC 313 FIG. 1, P. 5 SHOWS COAL IN ADKINSON PIT OF THIS MINE. SEC.9.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 12N 06E 04,09,10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.31743, 38.90072
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CLAYS ARE A REMNANT OF THE IONE FORMATION WHICH WAS PROTECTED FROM EROSION BY A CAPPING OF ANDESITE-AGGLOMERATE. THE BEDS LIE PRACTICALLY HORIZONTAL AND ARE CHARACTERIZED BY REMARKABLE UNIFORMITY IN THICKNESS AND QUALITY OVER LARGE AREAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lincoln

Comments on the production information

  • THIS PLANT EST. 1875 IN EXCESS OF 50,000 TONS ANNUALLY (AS OF 1927. ACTIVE 1947-49/1953

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED BY STEAM SHOVEL IN BENCHES. PLANT MANUFACTURES TERRA COTTA, ROOFING TILE, ELECTRICAL CONDUIT, FIRE BRICK, FACE BRICK, SEWER PIPE, ETC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL.99,P.151-156

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 5

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 47, NO. 2, P. 349; V. 51, NO. 4, 353; ADD. REF.: MIN. INF. SVCE V. 9, NO. 8, P. 5; DOM BULL. 142, P. 89; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 322-324; 23RD REPORT P. 241-243.; DOM BULL. 176, P. 136

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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