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Chocolate Harvey

Producer in Amador 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109100
MRDS ID M004894
Record type Site
Current site name Chocolate Harvey

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.01269, 38.42934 (WGS84)
Relative position BULL. NO. 99 INDICATES LOCATION 3 MILES NORTH OF CARBONDALE, LATEST REFERENCE GIVES DISTANCE AS 0.6 MILE. LOCATION MAY BE IN SEC. 20 OR 21.

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 07N 09E 32,33 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 M. J. Bacon

Comments on the production information

  • WAS BEING WORKED BY BACON AND BACON IN THE 1920'S BUT WAS IDLE IN 1954. PRODUCTION WAS SMALL ON ACCOUNT OF THE DISTANCE THE MATERIAL HAD TO BE HAULED

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.277, PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE UPPER BED WORKED WAS 4-5 FT. THICK, A CHOCOLATE-COLORED PLASTIC CLAY USED TO MANUFACTURE SAGGERS; THE LOWER BED, 4-5 FT. THICK WAS A WHITE-BURNING PLASTIC CLAY

Reporter information

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

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