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Dosch Pit Clark

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 10028090
MRDS ID M004892
Record type Site
Current site name Dosch Pit Clark

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97408, 38.37712 (WGS84)
Relative position N 1/2 AT INTERSEC. OF SACRAMENTO AND IRISH HILL ROADS

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)

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 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.97408, 38.37712
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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 Pacific Clay Products Co

Comments on the production information

  • HAS BEEN WORKED SINCE 1864 AND IS OLDEST CONTINOUSLY ACTIVE CLAY MINE IN THE STATE. OPERATED BY N. CLARK UNTIL 1946. THE CLAY IS USED FOR A VARIETY OF CERAMIC PRODUCTS. CLAYS ARE SIMILAR TO THE BACON CLAYS OF THE ADJACENT AIRPLANE PIT BUT EXACT CORRELATION NOT READILY POSSIBLE. TWO TO 4 FT. OF GRAVEL OVERLIE DOSCH STRIPPING, A CLAY SIMILAR TO BACON NO. 2; THE DOSCH CLAY BELOW THE DOSCH STRIPPING, 50-60 FT. THICK, THE TOP 20 FT. CURRENTLY BEING MINED. THE DOSCH STRIPPING IS 10-12 FT. THICK.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 219, 278, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    CJM&G V. 54, NO. 1, P. 126; V. 55, P. 164

Reporter information

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

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