Clinton Irishtown

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028292
MRDS ID M005186
Record type Site
Current site name Clinton Irishtown
Related records 10260107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.67018, 38.38435 (WGS84)
Relative position SE 1/4 8, SW 1/4 9. LOCATED 2 MILES SW OF PINE GROVE.

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 012E 08,09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.67018, 38.38435

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • FE SHOWN ON FOLIO 11 IN SEC. 8. AVERAGE OF 2 SAMPLES TAKEN FROM A ROAD CUT WAS 27.78 PERCENT IRON, 0.150 PERCENT PHOSPHOROUS, 39,88 PERCENT SILICA, 0.05 PERCENT SULFUR, AND 0.90 PERCENT MANGANESE. IRON IN SEC.8, AU IN SEC. 9

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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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