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American Asbestos

Past Producer in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235366
MRDS ID M006235
MAS/MILS ID 0060090743
Record type Site
Current site name American Asbestos
Alternate or previous names Voorhees
Related records 10109166

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.5465, 37.9382 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Melones Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(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 001 N 013 E 16 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • Location placed at center of open pit visible on Google Earth.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.5465, 37.9382
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER 48:41

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.