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Bishop Marble Placer Mine

Occurrence in Calaveras 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029395
MRDS ID M006896
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop Marble Placer Mine
Related records 10284506

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -120.47904, 38.02806 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(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 002N 014E 17,18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) Limestone of probable Paleozoic or Mesozoic age
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: UNDEVELOPED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 43, NO. 3, P. 219 AND PL. 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WOULD BE IN 14E IF NE OF MELONES , NO LS. SHOWN IN 17, 18 IN 13E ON GQ 222 OR FOLIO 51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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