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Pumice Placer

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046582
MRDS ID M241767
Record type Site
Current site name Pumice Placer
Alternate or previous names Gismo, Gary, Blondie, And Pumice Placer Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72117, 36.94663 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 047E 28 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 500 YARDS FROM HIGHWAY 95; GISMO, GARY & BLONDIE ARE 3 MILES FROM HIGHWAY 95

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUITABLE FOR LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE AGGREGATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72117, 36.94663
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946

Mining district

District name Fluorine (Bare Mountain) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pum-Perl Co. Partnership (1940'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas L. Wells And Sophie Y. Smith,
    Home office 255 W. 43rd St., Los Angeles, Ca
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS PER MONTH SHIPPED TO BLOCK MANUFACTURERS IN LAS VEGAS

Comments on development

  • PUMICE PLACER HAD BEEN WORKED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE ITS DISCOVERY IN 1946 UNTIL ABOUT 1950. EXPLORATORY WORK HAD BEEN DONE ON THE OTHER CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL/WELLS, 1950, REPORT, NBMG FILE 228 ITEM 10.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL & KLEINHAMP, 1964, USGS P.P. 454-J, P. 23-24.

  • Production

    WELLS, T.L., 1950, NBMG FILE 228, ITEM 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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