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Buckley Pumice Deposit

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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109266
MRDS ID M010519
Record type Site
Current site name Buckley Pumice Deposit
Related records 10164553

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -118.52518, 37.79007 (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

Benton Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 031E 10,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -118.52518, 37.79007
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LENS-LIKE PUMICE LAYER, 1-20' THICK, IS WELL EXPOSED IN OPEN PIT; SILICA SAND CONSTITUTES ABOUT 10% OF PUMICE LAYER. PUMICE IS WHITE AND OCCURS IN ANGULAR FRAGMENTS THAT RANGE FROM DUST-LIKE PARTICLES TO 8" IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blind Spring Valley Area

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE IN SEPT. '53

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED FROM OPEN PIT BY BULLDOZER. USED FOR MAKING LIGHTWEIGHT BUILDING BLOCKS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 174, P.55, 56, 95 AND PL.

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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Authoritative California resources

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