| Deposit ID | 10101500 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003976 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Perlite Inc. Pumice Hole, Ranch Canyon Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.8333, 38.40914 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Beaver |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 009W;009W | 027S;028S | 35;02 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Pumice | Primary |
| Perlite | Primary |
| (1) | -112.8333, 38.40914 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Mineral Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003976 |
EARLL, F. N., 1957 , PH.D. THESIS UNIV. OF UTAH.
NACKOWSKI, M. P., AND LEVY, ENRIQUE, 1959 , UTAH ENG. EXP. STATION BULL. 101 .
US DEPT. AGRICULTURE, 1973 , BEAVER RIVER BASIN STUDY.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1978 | Steven, T. A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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