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Mclean Talc

Occurrence in Butte 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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091963
MRDS ID M005484
Record type Site
Current site name Mclean Talc
Related records 10284535

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.43772, 39.72099 (WGS84)
Relative position SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 005E 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.43772, 39.72099
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Las Plumas

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anna G. Mclean
    Home office San Francisco, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • SOAPSTONE SHIPPED TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND MARKETED AS ROOFING GRANULES PRIOR TO 1940. ON MR-31 AS SOAPSTONE; PRODUCED LESS THAN 1,000,000 TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES: J. VOL. 45, #3, P. 448; R. 26, P. 412

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 71

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 19 ACRES PATENTED. BECAUSE OF FAVORABLE WORKING CONDITIONS AND NEARNESS TO THE RAILROAD, MCLEAN HAS BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE CHEAPLY. ROCK USED IN ROOFING, ETC.

Reporter information

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

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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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