Toyon Mill

Producer 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259909
MAS/MILS ID 0060099061
Record type Site
Current site name Toyon Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -120.75851, 38.21161 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valley Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Calaveras(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 004 N 011 E 10 SENWSW California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT:5 MI N OF SAN ANDREAS ON HWY 12, TURN LEFT AT JCT OF HWYS 12 AND 26.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -120.75851, 38.21161

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Western Source, Inc
    ID 404490
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED FEB. 10, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/15/1998
MSHA mine ID0404490
Mine name (MSHA)TOYON MILL
Current operatorWestern Source
Current controller (parent)Rio Tinto Group
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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Authoritative California resources

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