1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Billy Creek Pumicite Occurrence

Occurrence in Nez Perce county in Idaho, United States with commodity Pumice
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093640
MRDS ID W015946
MAS/MILS ID 0160690060
Record type Site
Current site name Billy Creek Pumicite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.93213, 46.11656 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 23 MI SW OF CRAIGMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nez Perce(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limekiln Rapids(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Snake-Asotin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Nez Perce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 032N 005W 14 NESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Approximate Location

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
    Rock unit name Pumicite
    Rock description Pumicite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.93213, 46.11656
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Waha Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Minobras (Pub.), 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals, P. 48

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981 Pullman Quad, Location No. 144

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site