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Airplane Pit

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028029
MRDS ID M004789
Record type Site
Current site name Airplane Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97685, 38.37851 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 AIRLINE MILES NW OF IONE ON NORTH SIDE OF IONE-SACRAMENTO ROAD. NW 1/4 (LOTS 222 236, RANCHO ARROYO SECO)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irish Hill(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 06N 09E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.97685, 38.37851
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gladding, Mcbean And Co.

Comments on the production information

  • CLAY PRODUCED FROM THIS PIT SINCE ABOUT 1930 AND DURING THIS PERIOD HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR SOURCES OF REFRACTORY CLAY IN THE IONE AREA. MOST OF THE CLAY PRODUCED IS SHIPPED TO PITTSBURG FOR USE IN REFRACTORIES AND A SMALL AMOUNT IS USED AT LINCOLN IN HEAVY CLAY PRODUCTS

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO.1, JAN. 1954, P. 216-217, 276, PL.1; V.55, P.164; V.54, NO.1,P.126

Reporter information

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

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