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Farci Pit

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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028062
MRDS ID M004844
Record type Site
Current site name Farci Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.90796, 38.31212 (WGS84)
Relative position SW 1/4

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 05N 10E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.90796, 38.31212
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Refractories Co.

Comments on the production information

  • MATERIAL FROM THIS PIT WAS USED UNTIL 1949 IN THE PRODUCTION OF WHITE PORTLAND CEMENT. LEASED BY WESTERN REFRACTORIES CO. IN 1950 AND ALL MATERIAL NOW GOES INTO PRODUCTION OF FIRE BRICK

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED BY ROOM AND PILLAR STOPING; LATER OPERATIONS BY OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.220, 278, 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

Beyond USGS

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