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American Asbestos & Manufacturing Co. Mine

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109166
MRDS ID M006235
Record type Site
Current site name American Asbestos & Manufacturing Co. Mine
Related records 10235366

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.549, 37.93991 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4 NE1/4 AT ELEV. OF 1050', NEAR CREST OF A SPUR RIDGE NOT FAR FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF FRENCH CR. AND ROGERS CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Melones Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 013E 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED. Lat/long determined using PLS and GIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.549, 37.93991
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A NUMBER OF SMALL, IRREGULAR, NORTHWESTERLY TRENDING PODS OF CHROMITE ORE OF HIGHLY VARIED GRADE AND TEXTURE. THE MATRIX OF DISSEMINATED ORE AND THE ENCLOSING WALL ROCK IS SHEARED, GRAY, SERPENTINIZED DUNITE, AND THE PREDOMINANT COUNTRY ROCK IS SERPENTINIZED SAXONITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name French Creek Area

Comments on the production information

  • 52 TONS OF ORE; 1 TON REMAINS ON DUMP; RESERVES PROBABLY SMALL

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE WAS MINED FR.2 SHAFTS ABT 15'APART AND 25' DEEP. PL. 2 OF B. 145 SHOWS CHROMITE IN SW1/4 SE1/4 SEC. 9

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. III, CH. 2, P. 41 AND PL. 5

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 145, PL. 2

Reporter information

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

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