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Pumicite Deposit

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Volcanic Materials, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089100
MRDS ID W013093
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.89098, 43.39797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 10 MI. SW OF MARSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jump Creek Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(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 001N 005W 25,26 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Tertiary
Pumice Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Payette Formation-Volcanic Ash , Gray Pumice
    Rock description Payette Formation-Volcanic Ash , Gray Pumice

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.89098, 43.39797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Marsing Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ALTERNATING CLAY AND ASH BEDS APPROX. 350 FT. THICK

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: EXTENSIVE OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 66

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1975 , IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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