Pacific Asbestos Pit

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Asbestos
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187152
MAS/MILS ID 0060091702
Record type Site
Current site name Pacific Asbestos Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -120.65041, 37.96571 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(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 Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 012 E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -120.65041, 37.96571

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA MINE REFERENCE 11ST ID # 0402547.

  • Deposit

    MINE EMPLOYMENT 1975 WAS 38.

  • Deposit

    METRIC TONNES PER YEAR ESTIMATED 36288 TO 45360.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENG 1974 ANNUAL REVIEW P70.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.