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Prospect in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
Sections on this page
  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 10097014
MRDS ID M006244
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.49683, 38.05241 (WGS84)
Relative position NW 1/4 NW1/4

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 013E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.49683, 38.05241

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE TALC IS LIGHT COLORED, AND SOME OF IT APPEARS TO BE OF GOOD QUALITY; QUANTITY, HOWEVER, IS SMALL. MOST OF THE ROCK HAS BEEN MAPPED AS ANKERITE-TALC SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. SP. REPT. 41, P. 45 AND PL. 3

  • Deposit

    MAP GQ-222

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.

Authoritative California resources

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