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Shaw Talc Deposit

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 10031003
MRDS ID M009541
Record type Site
Current site name Shaw Talc Deposit
Related records 10163773

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.12543, 37.63131 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED 1 1/2 MILES NE OF BAGBY IN RUGGED COUNTRY EAST OF FLYAWAY GULCH. TWO CLAIMS WERE HELD IN THE LATE 1920'S BY ROBERT SHAW. PROPERTY IS RELATIVELY INACCESSIBLE AND IS BELIEVED TO BE UNDEVELOPED. UNPATENTED IN 1927. CLAIMS ARE THE TALC AND TALC. EXT.

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 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST XXIV, P. 137

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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