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Past Producer in Inyo 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036254
MRDS ID M025001
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.61534, 35.96276 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 2.3 MILES SE OF VOLCANO BUTTE; APPROX. 7.4 MILES NE OF BM 2289 ON AIRPORT LAKE, APPROX. 4.6 MILES NW OF MAMMOTH MINE, Within Radius Of 400 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain Springs Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022S 041E 01 SW OF NE OF SW California

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX 2 MILES NE ALONG RENEGADE RD FROM INTERSECTION OF G-2 TOWER & MTN SPRINGS CANYON ROADS, THEN APPROX. 75 MILE NE ALONG OLD PUMICE MINE RD; MINE IS E OF ROAD ACCROSS WASH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.61534, 35.96276
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range / Walker Lane

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 152.4M
    Depth to top 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Volcano Butte

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL NATURAL OUTCROP SE OF MINE, TOO SMALL FOR EXPLOITATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Fideker, Gerald C

Mining district

District name Argus

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Pumice Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Naval Weapons Center
    Home office China Lake, Ca.

Comments on the workings information

  • ROOM & PILLAR PUMICE MINE ... 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPROUSE, D., ATIENZA MOORE, T - FIELD INVESTIGATIONS, NWC, 04/83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PUMICE COVERED BY APPROX 5-8 FT OF BASALT LAVA FLOW. SOURCE: VOLC ANO BUTTE
Deposit NOT MUCH MORE AVAILABLE FOR EXPLOITATION UNDER CURRENT DEVELOPMENT AL METHODS; WILL HAVE TO BE OPEN PITTED TO REMOVE PILLARS AND THIS IS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE GIVEN THE LIMITED SIZE OF THE DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-83 Atienza Moore, Therese M. (Neal, Conrad L.) Naval Weapons Center-Geothermal Utilization Division

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