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U.S. Pumice & Supply Co.

Producer in Mono county in California, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109262
MRDS ID M010425
Record type Site
Current site name U.S. Pumice & Supply Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -119.00458, 37.84448 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

June Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mono Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001S 027E 16,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 7 CLAIMS. QUARRYING OPERATIONS HAVE EXPOSED MASSIVE PUMICE BENEATH THE LOOSE PUMICE BLOCKS ON SOUTHERN COULEE. QUARRIES NOT SHOWN ON GQ462

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 174, P. 54 AND 95, FIG. 54

  • Deposit

    GQ 462

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLASTING DISLODGES LARGE BLOCKS OF DOME PUMICE WHICH ARE USED FOR MAKING SCOURING BLOCKS FOR CLEANING GRILLS IN RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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