Allen Estate

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  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 10028074
MRDS ID M004871
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Estate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.83935, 38.38462 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amador City(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 06N 10E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.83935, 38.38462

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John B. And George Allen

Comments on the production information

  • ONE OF THE OUTCROPS WORKED IN LATE 1945 BY A. TEICHERT & SON, INC. OF SACRAMENTO. THE ESTATE IS A LARGE PROPERTY LYING EAST AND NORTHEAST OF IONE. BEGINNING IN SEC. 3 AND OCCURRING AT INTERVALS GOING SOUTH TO WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE OF THE AMADOR CENTRAL RAILROAD.A REPORT OF ANALYSIS GAVE RESULTS OF 96.90 PERCENT CALCIUM CARBONATE. POSSIBLY THE DESCRIPTION SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE SECS. 3 13 AND 24

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.213, 273, PL. 1; V. 43, NO. 3, JULY 1947, P.208

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.

Authoritative California resources

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