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Shingle Springs Rossi

Occurrence in El Dorado 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092076
MRDS ID M007684
Record type Site
Current site name Shingle Springs Rossi
Related records 10284006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.89796, 38.66129 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. E. OF SHINGLE SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shingle Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cosumnes(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009N 010E 05 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soapstone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.89796, 38.66129
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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

  • ACTIVE 1919-28 WHEN SOAPSTONE SHIPPED FOR USE AS ROOFING COATING.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 52, NO. 4, P. 589

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOC. UNCERTAIN

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.

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