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Eagle Marble Quarry

Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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 10109186
MRDS ID M006982
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Marble Quarry
Related records 10138346

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.44183, 38.08102 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI. SE OF VALLECITO ON A 160 ACRE HOMESTEAD. 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 003N 014E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.44183, 38.08102
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MARBLE IS NEARLY WHITE WITH FAINT GRAY VEINING. MAIN PIT IS 30' LONG, 10' WIDE, 10' DEEP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1915.

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 YRS. AGO THERE WAS SOME EQUIPMENT ON THIS LAND (AIR-COMPRESSOR, HOIST, DERRICKS) AND IT WAS SAID SOME SHIPMENTS HAD BEEN MADE. SOME WORK DONE IN 1925, BUT NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 43, NO. 3, P. 219 AND PL. 37

  • Deposit

    REPT. 21, P. 168

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT 17, P. 424; COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 214 AND PL. D

Reporter information

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

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