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Pumicite Deposit

Occurrence in Gem county in Idaho, 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. 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 10093466
MRDS ID W013091
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48768, 43.95877 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 7 MI. N. OF EMMETT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northeast Emmett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(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 Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 001W 08 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS - FE2O3 - 1.2
Result AL2O3 - 7.7
Result SIO3 - 61.9
Result CAO - 1.6
Result MGO - 0.2 TOTAL NA2O - 6.2
Result AVAILABLE NA2O - 0.14
Result TOTAL K2O - 8.5
Result AVAILABLE K2O - 0.44
Result LOSS ON IGNITION - 7.3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Volcanic Sediments
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Volcanic Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48768, 43.95877
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 10 DEG W
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 457.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Emmett Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Steep Topography, Dip Of Beds, And Excessive Overburden Would Make Extraction Expensive. Grinding Would Be Necessary.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Asher, R. R., 1965, Volcanic Construction Materials In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 135, P. 89 - 92

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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