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Wall Property Patented

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032096
MRDS ID M012312
Record type Site
Current site name Wall Property Patented
Related records 10164139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.93797, 39.13517 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 - ADJACENT TO THE YOU BET ROAD. WALL HEIRS, C/O WALL BROS., OWNERS, 1926

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicago Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

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 015N 009E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soapstone Ore
Talc Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.93797, 39.13517
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE DEPOSIT IS A LARGE UPRIGHT LENS OF TALC AND BLOCK SOAPSTONE ON A RIDGE ABOVE THE ROAD. LENS IS 10 TO 20 FT. WIDE, DIP IS VERTICAL . MATERIAL IS SOFT AND WITHOUT GRIT. MOST OF THAT EXPOSED IN THE OPEN PIT IS IRON STAINED. THERE IS REPORTED TO BE A WORKABLE VEIN OF HIGH QUALITY WHITE-GRINDING TALC IN AN OLD TUNNEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wall Bros

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED LATE 1890'S

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGEST PIT 200 FT. LONG BY 50 FT. WIDE BY 30 FT. DEEP SHOWING SOAPSTONE AND TALC THE ENTIRE DISTANCE. IT WAS PROVEN AT LEAST 200 FT. FARTHER ON THE STRIKE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM 23RD REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 285-6

  • Deposit

    USGS FOLIO 66 (GEOLOGY)

Reporter information

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

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