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Shingle Springs

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284006
MRDS ID M007684
MAS/MILS ID 0060170260
Record type Site
Current site name Shingle Springs
Alternate or previous names Docs Mine
Related records 10092076

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.90522, 38.6638 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shingle Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 010 E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAL JOUR MINES & GEOL V 52 NO 4 P 589

  • Deposit

    SEC UNCERTAIN 1 MI E OF SHINGLE SPRINGS

  • Deposit

    PLANT IN ALAMEDA CO MINE OPERATES2 MONTHS/YR MINE-TONNES/YR

  • Deposit

    907 TO 9072 WASTE=LESS THAN 907 EMPLOYMENT- MINE=1

  • Deposit

    EMJ 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINING

  • Deposit

    10 YEARS OF RESERVES.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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