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Ione

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028026
MRDS ID M004785
Record type Site
Current site name Ione
Alternate or previous names Irish Hill
Related records 10138288

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.95074, 38.39157 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NORTH OF IONE

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)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

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 006 009E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result 7 % CU, $8/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.95074, 38.39157
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crocker First National Bank

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED SOME STIBNITE AS WELL AS COPPER ORES, GOLD, SILVER, AND ZINC. OPERATED BY IONE COAL AND IRON CO. IN 1915

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 254.51M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, ONE 600 FT. DEEP, THE OTHER IS 235 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY; VOL. 53 NO. 3 & 4, P. 419

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1927 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION; 23RD REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ORESHOTS OF GOOD GRADE DISSEMINATED SULFIDES
Deposit TOPO MAPS ALSO SHOW A PROSPECT IN NE 1/4 SE 1/4 OF THIS SECTION AND A GRAVEL PIT IN SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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