King and Enos Free

Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Clay
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109092
MRDS ID M004779
Record type Site
Current site name King and Enos Free

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.01546, 38.40934 (WGS84)
Relative position LOT 324, RANCHO ARROYO SECO, PIT LOCATED 200 YARDS WEST OF CARBONDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lodi(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 Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 06N 09E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles S. Howard (Estate)

Comments on the production information

  • WORKED IN EARLY 1900'S BUT IDLE IN 1954. HAS BEEN LEASED TO GLADDING, MCBEAN AND CO. SINCE 1948. AVERAGE ANNUAL PRODUCTION IN 1906 WAS ABOUT 9,000 TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.280, PL.

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.

Authoritative California resources

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