Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Irish Hill Mining District | Mining District |
| Amador Co. | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 23' 59'' North , 120° 58' 1'' West
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Location: The Irish Hill district is in northwestern Amador County about five miles north of lone. It includes the Muletown and the Forest Home areas.
Geology: Several extensive patches of Eocene quartz-rich channel gravels and younger gravels exist. They were first mined by ground sluicing and hydraulicking and later by dragline dredging. Bedrock consists of slate, phyllite, greenstone, and amphibolite. There are also several copper mines here.
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| β 'Clays' Localities: Reported from at least 17 localities in this region. Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10235704. |
| β Gold Formula: Au Localities: Reported from at least 11 localities in this region. Description: Placer material. Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10028017. |
| β Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Localities: Ben Brown pit, Carbondale, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USA Bacon Clay pit (Bacon pit; Airplane pit), Clarksona, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USA Ione Clays Mine (Ione-Carbondale Clays), Clarksona, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USA McGuire pit, Clarksona, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USA Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10187126. |
| β 'Silica' Localities: Clark Sand pit, Carbondale, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USA Ione Clays Mine (Ione-Carbondale Clays), Clarksona, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USA Nother Carbondale Mine (Northern Carbondale Mine [??]), Carbondale, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USA Description: Occurs as Ione sand. Reference: USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10028052. |
| β Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 Locality: Ione Mine (Irish Hill Mine), Irish Hill, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USA Reference: U.S. Geological Survey, 2005, Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Clays' | - | |
| β | 'Silica' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | β Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | β Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | β Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | β Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | β Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Sb | Antimony | |
| Sb | β Stibnite | Sb2S3 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | β Gold | Au |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Turner, Henry Ward (1894a), Description of the gold belt; description of the Jackson sheet: USGS, Geologic Atlas Jackson folio (Folio No. 11), 6pp. (reprinted 1914).
Piper, A. M., Gale, H. S., Thomas, H. E., and Robinson, T. W. (1939), Geology and ground-water hydrology of the Mokelumne area: USGS Water Supply Paper 780: pl. I.
Localities in this Region
- California
- Amador Co.
- Irish Hill Mining District
- Amador Co.
- California
- Amador Co.
- Irish Hill Mining District
- Clarksona
- Forest Home
- Irish Hill
- Irish Hill Mining District
- Amador Co.
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Ione Clays Mine, Clarksona, Irish Hill Mining District, Amador Co., California, USA