Ione Clays

The Ione Clays is a mine located in Amador county, California at an elevation of 295 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ione Clays
Secondary: Ione-Carbondale Clays

Commodity

Tertiary: Water, Free
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Aluminum

Location

State: California
County: Amador
District: Ione

Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Minerals Only
Type: Private Lease
Type: Fee Ownership

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Pacific Portland Cement Co.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1943

Owner Name: Mrs. Emma Maxwell
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1943

Owner Name: Smith V. Parker
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1943

Owner Name: Yosemite Portland Cement Co.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1943

Owner Name: California Mineral Products Co.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1943

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Kaolinite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX TONNAGE AND GRADE FIGURES WERE DERIVED IN HOUSE IN 1975 IN CONJUNCTION WITH WAR MINERALS REPORT 20.

Comment (Deposit): FIRE CLAYS AND CLAY PRODUCTS ARE BEING PRODUCED FROM SE PITS IN THE AREA, FOR THE NORTHWESTERN U.S. PULP INDUSTRY. MATRIX GRADES AND TONNAGES ARE BASED ON WET TONNES. TH ALUMINUM GRADE SPECIFIED REPRESENTS TOTAL ALUMINUM CONTENT R THAN AVAILABLE ALUMINUM CONTENT. THE DRY ANALYSIS IS; 30% A 2.4% FE2O3, AND 51% SIO2. INITIAL DATA WAS ENTERED BY HUSTEAD OF GEORGIA TECH., A REVISED BY MCMAHAN IN 1975. THERE ARE THREE SETS OF COSTS; ORIGINAL 1975 COSTS; COSTS UPDATED FROM 1975 TO 1979; AND COMPLETELY RECOSTED 1979 COSTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): I.C. 8335, 1967, PP. 40-43.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUMINES. POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ALUMINUM. U.S. BUMINES,

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES, BULL. 156, 1950, PP. 142-150.

Reference (Deposit): TURNER, M.D. CLAYS. CH. IN MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIF.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 19, 1952, 39 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OF THE IONE FORMATION, BUENA VISTA AREA, AMADOR COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): PASK, J.A., AND M.D. TURNER. GEOLOGY AND CERAMIC PROPERTIES

Reference (Deposit): OF CALIF. CALIF. DIV. MINES, BULL. 99, 1928, PP. 161-182.

Reference (Deposit): DIETRICH, W.F. THE CLAY RESOURCES AND THE CERAMIC INDUSTRY

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES, BULL. 176, 1957, PP. 131-152.

Reference (Deposit): CLEVELAND, GEORGE B. CLAY. CH. IN MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CAL

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, PP. 215-225.

Reference (Deposit): OF AMADOR COUNTY CALIFORNIA. CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, D.W., AND W.B. CLARK, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES

Reference (Deposit): SERVICE. V. 14, NO. 3, MARCH 1961, P. 6.

Reference (Deposit): -----. THE CALIFORNIA MINERAL INDUSTRY IN 1960. MINER. INF.

Reference (Deposit): V. 10, NO. 7, JULY 1957, PP 1-6.

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES. ALUMINUM. MINER. INF. SERVICE,

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA, V. 18, NO. 14, 1929, PP. 347-448.

Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, VICTOR T. THE IONE FORMATION OF CALIFORNIA. UNIV OF

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