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Mathieu 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 10109272
MRDS ID M010605
Record type Site
Current site name Mathieu Deposit
Related records 10261694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.48651, 37.73105 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1000' N. OF YELLOWJACKET SPRING ON LOW ROLLING HILLS THAT BORDER ON SE PART OF BLIND SPRING VALLEY. QUARRY SYMBOL IN APPROX. CTR. E1/2 OF SEC. PROSPECT SYMBOLS IN NW1/4 NE1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4, AND SE1/4 NW1/4 OF SEC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hammil Valley(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 032E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.48651, 37.73105
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PUMICE OCCURS IN LAYER WHICH DIPS E ABOUT 10 DEG.; BEDS RANGE FROM 1-6' THICK AND ARE SEPARATED BY THIN BEDS OF PUMICITE UP TO 1' THICK. PUMICE FRAGMENTS ARE ANGULAR, WHITE, AND RANGE IN SIZE FROM DUST TO AS MUCH AS 2" IN DIAMETER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellowjacket Spring Area

Comments on the production information

  • IN OPERATION 1 YR. DURING LATTER PART OF 1940'S. IDLE IN SEPTEMBER 1537

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED WITH A BULLDOZER; USED IN MAKING LIGHTWEIGHT BUILDING BLOCKS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 174, P. 59, 96 AND PL. 1

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 156, P. 197

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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