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Buena Vista Pit

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235135
MAS/MILS ID 60050064
Record type Site
Current site name Buena Vista Pit
Alternate or previous names Buena Vista Peak Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.9069, 38.2997 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(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 005 N 010 E 8 NWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.9069, 38.2997
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Calaveras Cement Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1990
  • Type Operator
    Owner LEHIGH SOUTHWEST CEMENT COMPANY
    Home office 13573 TEHACHAPI BOULEVARD, TEHACHAPI, CA 93561
    Year 2012

Comments on the production information

  • Mine idle as of 2010, reported as of 2012 by State of California database (@conservation.ca.gov)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINES & MINERAL PROUDCERS ACTIVE IN CA DURING 1980; CDOM&G

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL PUBLICATION 58, 1981.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1991-02-11 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-12-17 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey revised mine status

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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