Johnson

Occurrence in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Stone
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 10028778
MRDS ID M005969
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson
Related records 10211581

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.64379, 37.96602 (WGS84)
Relative position AT COPPEROPOLIS. NW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copperopolis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 012E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.64379, 37.96602

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ACTIVE 1949-SOLD CRUDE SLAG TO BE USED IN MANUFACTURE OF ROCK WOOL. IN 1950 BY-PRODUCT GLASS BEADS WERE SCREENED, BAGGED, OR SOLD IN 3 SIZES AS BLASTING SAND. CRUDE SLAG ALSO CRUSHED TO 10 SIZES AT COPPEROPOLIS AND SOLD AS BLASTING SAND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO.2, P.215 & 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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