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Fiddletown Deposit

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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 10028302
MRDS ID M005203
Record type Site
Current site name Fiddletown Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69018, 38.4824 (WGS84)
Elevation 655
Relative position 12 1/2 MI. NE OF MARTELL RR STA. BY ROAD

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 07N 12E 05,06,07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.69018, 38.4824
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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 Portland Cement Co.

Comments on the production information

  • AN ANALYSIS IN 1943 GAVE 95.31 PERCENT CALCIUM CARBONATE. THE DEPOSIT IS PARTLY COVERED BY ANDESITE AND GRAVEL AND PARTLY BY SOIL. THE COMPANY HAS 520 ACRES AND CONTAINS A LARGE PART OF THE LARGE AND IRREGULAR OUTCROPS ON THE OLD MCCORMICK RANCH. THERE ARE MANY OUTCROPS ON THE AREA AND IT WOULD YIELD MANY MILLIONS OF TONS BUT DUE TO DISTANCE FROM THE RAILROAD IT MAY BE MANY YEARS BEFORE IT IS DEVELOPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 273; V. 43, NO. 3, JULY, 1947, P. 210

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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