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Pumicite Occurrence

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070119
MRDS ID W012814
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Occurrence
Related records 10242168

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.915, 42.7586 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 11 MI. S. OF BRUNEAU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenns Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S;007S 005E;004E 06;01 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Snake River Basalt
    Rock description Snake River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Volcanic Ash, Shale, Clay, S.S
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Volcanic Ash, Shale, Clay, S.S

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.915, 42.7586
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized Dist; Bruneau Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: BEDS OF ASH ARE EXTENSIVE, BUT THEY ARE TOO THIN, AND WOULD BE TOO DIFFICULT TO EXTRACT, TO BE OF ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 68 - 69

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-06-01 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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