Perlite Inc. Pumice Hole, Ranch Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodities Pumice, Perlite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101500
MRDS ID D003976
Record type Site
Current site name Perlite Inc. Pumice Hole, Ranch Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.8333, 38.40914 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 009W;009W 027S;028S 35;02 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.8333, 38.40914

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Source Of Rhyolite Is In Nearby Mineral Mountains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGE RESERVES OF PUMICE AND PERLITE ARE AT THE RANCH CANYON MINE ( EARLL 1957 ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EARLL, F. N., 1957 , PH.D. THESIS UNIV. OF UTAH.

  • Deposit

    NACKOWSKI, M. P., AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1959 , UTAH ENG. EXP. STATION BULL. 101 .

  • Deposit

    US DEPT. AGRICULTURE, 1973 , BEAVER RIVER BASIN STUDY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EARLL ( 1957 ) ESTIMATES PRODUCTION AT 3,000 TO 5,000 TONS OF PUMICE AND PERLITE THIS DEPOSIT IS ACTIVE SPORADICALLY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Steven, T. A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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