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Arroyo Seco Ione Lateritic Deposit

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028038
MRDS ID M004801
Record type Site
Current site name Arroyo Seco Ione Lateritic Deposit
Related records 10235595

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.64568, 38.44201 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Grove(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 006N 009E 27,28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -120.64568, 38.44201
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • FOLIO 11 SAYS THIS IS A LARGE DEPOSIT 44.5990 FE.SHOWN IN SEC. 27. A NUMBER OF PATCHES IN BOTH SECTIONS OCCUR AS CAPPINGS ON SMALL KNOLLS; LARGEST OUTCROP IS ABOUT 300 FT. WIDE AND ABOUT 1100 FT. LONG, 2 FT. THICK. SAMPLE GAVE ANALYSIS OF 34.82 PERCENT IRON, 0.211 PERCENT PHOSPHORUS, 18.5 PERCENT SILICA, 0.05 PERCENT MANGANESE AND 0.066 PERCENT SULFUR

Comments on the workings information

  • NOT DEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.200, 267, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 129, P.292

  • Deposit

    FOLIO 11

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 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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Authoritative California resources

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