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Ben Brown Pit

Past Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187126
MAS/MILS ID 60050693
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Brown Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.0228, 38.4339 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carbondale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lodi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 N 009 E 30 E2E2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Muddox Co.
    Year 1989
  • Type Operator
    Owner BEN BROWN RANCHES, INC.
    Home office PO BOX 217, PLYMOUTH, CA 95669
    Year 2012

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBL. 103, 1990.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1991-03-07 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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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