| Deposit ID | 10010362 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003975 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pearl Queen Schoo Perlite Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.8283, 38.48774 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaver(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bearskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)
Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 00W | 027S | 01 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Perlite | Primary |
| Pumice | Primary |
| (1) | Older alluvial deposits |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mineral Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003975 |
BELL, G. L., AND SCHOO, H. E., 1953 , AIME, MINING GEOL. AND GEOPHY. DIV., ANNUAL MTG, ABS. OF TECH. PAPERS, P. 2 .
NACKOWSKI, M. P., AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1959 , UTAH ENG. EXP. STATION BULL. 101 .
US DEPT. AGRICULTURE, 1973 , BEAVER RIVER BASIN STUDY.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT IS A TONGUE-LIKE MASS 6,000 FEET LONG BY 1500' WIDE AND MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 200 FEET. THIS DEPOSIT IS ACTIVE SPORADICALLY A STATEMENT IN THE BEAVER RIVER BASIN STUDY INDICATES THAT PUMICE AND PUMICITE HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FROM THE BAILEY RIDGE AREA. NACKOWSKI ( 1959 ) STATES THAT THIS MINE WAS THE ONLY PRODUCER OF PERLITE IN 1957 . ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1978 | Steven, T. A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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