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Pumicite Deposit Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine 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 10096244
MRDS ID W013543
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Deposit Prospect
Related records 10144015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.9994, 43.2869 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 4 MI SW OF CAREY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craters of the Moon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
001S 021E 31,32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = IDAHO FALLS 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Analytical data

Result CLAY AGGREGATES AND QUARTZ GRAINS MAKE UP 5 - 10 PERCENT OF MATERIAL. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IS FE2O3 - 0.9
Result AL2O3 - 3.8
Result SIO2 - 69.5
Result CAO - 1.7
Result MGO - 0.5
Result TOTAL NA2O - 6.2
Result AVAILABLE NA2O - 0.13
Result TOTAL K2O - 8.5
Result AVAILABLE K2O - 0.54
Result LOSS ON IGNITION - 6.7.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Yankee Fork Rhyolite; Germer Tuffaceous Member-Tuff
    Rock description Yankee Fork Rhyolite;Germer Tuffaceous Member-Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.9994, 43.2869
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 17 DEG S
    Thickness 25.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GERMER TUFF AND YANKEE FORK RHYOLITE ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHALLIS VOLCANICS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carey Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A SUITABLE POZZOLANIC MATERIAL, SCREENING FOLLOWED BY GRINDING WOULD BE REQUIRED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 82 - 83

  • 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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