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Delta Placer

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
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  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031529
MRDS ID M010498
Record type Site
Current site name Delta Placer
Related records 10285599

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.74401, 37.55855 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 1 MI. S. OF CROWLEY LAKE. SW1/4NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toms Place(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 029E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.74401, 37.55855
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROUNDED PUMICE FRAGMENTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM FINE POWDER TO MORE THAN 6" IN DIAMETER IS USED AS AGGREGATE FOR PUMICE BLOCKS WHICH ARE MADE ON THE PROPERTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVE IN 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • MODERATE-SIZED OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. SP. REPT. 48, P. 10, 17 AND PL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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