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Edwin Deposits

Occurrence 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 10028031
MRDS ID M004791
Record type Site
Current site name Edwin Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.99296, 38.37073 (WGS84)
Relative position THE BEDS LIE AROUND THE BASE OF JONES (EDWIN) BUTTE

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 06N 09E 16,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.99296, 38.37073
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gladding, Mcbean And Co.

Comments on the production information

  • THE MINING STARTED AT LEAST AS EARLY AS 1925 AND HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS SINCE. ONLY EDWIN PIT NO. 4 WAS BEING WORKED IN 1953.MATERIAL IS USED FOR MANUFACTURE OF FIRE BRICK

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR PITS, FOUR UNDERGROUND MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN, 1954, P.219-220, 278, PL. 1; V.55, P.126; V.54, NO. 1, P.126

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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