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Yosemite Talc

Occurrence in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031002
MRDS ID M009539
Record type Site
Current site name Yosemite Talc
Related records 10261198

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.15043, 37.62686 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4. AT LOWER END OF FLYAWAY GULCH NEAR HIGHWAY 49

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 017E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.15043, 37.62686
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED IN THE 1920'S BY T. B. ELLIOTT. THE TALC CONTAINS 61% SIO2, 32.55% MGO, 2.5% R2O3 (R = AL=FE) AND 2.3% WATER.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND A 75-FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 343

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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