The Pacific Clay Products is a silica mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pacific Clay Products MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pacific Clay Products
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): LARGE AMOUNTS OF SILICA SAND SINCE 1957. USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS CONTAINERS. SAND IS MINED IN AN OPEN PIT, BY COMBINATION OF BENCHING AND HYDRAULICKING
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: CLAYEY SAND OF THE EOCENE IONE FM. IS MINED AT CAMANCHE. THE SAND COVERS HUNDREDS OF ACRES AND IS 150 OR MORE FEET THICK; CONTAINS AN AVERAGE OF 5% CLAY MINERALS. CRUDE SAND CONTAINS AN AVERAGE OF 75-80% QUARTZ, 15-20% FELDSPAR, 3% HEAVY MINERALS, AND 1% PEBBLES
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 176, P. 549, 552-53
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO.2, P. 107, 213 AND PL. D
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