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Dondero Carrara

Occurrence in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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 10028326
MRDS ID M005230
Record type Site
Current site name Dondero Carrara
Related records 10259789

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.6799, 38.43573 (WGS84)
Relative position N 1/2

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 007N 012E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.6799, 38.43573
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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 Aurelio G. Dondero

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY WORKED ON A MODEST SCALE FROM ABOUT 30 YEARS UNTIL 1933. LARGE BLOCKS OF MARBLE IN A ROUGH STATE SHIPPED TO SAN FRANCISCO WHERE THEY WERE CUT AND POLISHED. MARBLE FROM THIS QUARRY WAS USED IN THE ROTUNDAS OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL AND THE MUSEUM BUILDING AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY FLOOR 150 FT. WIDE WITH FACE NEARLY 150 FT. HIGH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P. 213-14, 273, PL.

Reporter information

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

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