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Sacramento Canyon Deposit.

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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031575
MRDS ID M010635
Record type Site
Current site name Sacramento Canyon Deposit.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33205, 37.54327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position AT MOUTH OF SACRAMENTO CANYON, 2 1/2 MI. NE OF THE MARON RANCH; E 1/4 COR. OF SEC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chalfant Valley(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 005S 033E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33205, 37.54327
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: POORLY EXPOSED PUMICE LAYER OF UNKNOWN THICKNESS AND EXTENT INTERBEDDED WITH FANGLOMERATE MATERIAL; DIPS 45 DEG. SE. CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PUMICE BEDS INTERBEDDED WITH THIN BEDS OF SILICA SAND AND PUMICITE; FRAGMENTS ARE WHITE AND RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1/16" TO 2" IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bishop-Laws Area

Comments on the production information

  • STARTED MIDDLE 1920'S AND OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL EARLY 1940'S. IDLE IN SEPT. '53.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED FROM A PIT WITH A SCRAPER. USED AS AGGREGATE OR CLEANED AND MADE INTO GROUND PUMICE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 174, P. 61, 96 AND PL. 1

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 36, NO. 2, P. 152

  • Deposit

    REPT. 23, OCT. 1927, P. 404; ADD. REF.: CALIF. MINERAL ABSTRACTS - PUMICE AND VOLCANIC ASH, P. 18-19

Reporter information

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

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