California Ocher Mining Co.

Occurrence in Stanislaus county in California, United States with commodity Mineral Pigments
Sections on this page
  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 10036229
MRDS ID M024300
Record type Site
Current site name California Ocher Mining Co.
Related records 10287121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.67684, 37.84991 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stanislaus(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knights Ferry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Joaquin River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Stanislaus

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 012E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mineral Pigments Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.67684, 37.84991

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHARLES, A., 1947; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF STANISLAUS COUNTY, CA., CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 43, NO. 2, P. 96

  • Deposit

    EGENHOFF, E.L., 1948; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-ORE RESOURCES OF CA.; IRON RESOURCES OF CA. BULL. 129, DIV. OF MINES, P. 288

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.