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Insulating Aggregates, Inc. Calif. Quarries 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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109276
MRDS ID M010644
Record type Site
Current site name Insulating Aggregates, Inc. Calif. Quarries Co.
Related records 10261653

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -118.35872, 37.47034 (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

Laws(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(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

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 033E 32,33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HORIZONTAL BED OF WHITE PUMICE, 12-15' THICK, WITH OVERBURDEN OF RED TUFF, 25-75' THICK. PUMICE FRAGMENTS ARE ANGULAR, GRAYISH-WHITE AND RANGE IN SIZE FROM 1/16" TO 2" IN DIAMETER. BOTH PUMICITE AND SILICA SAND ARE PRESENT IN THIN BEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bishop-Laws Area

Comments on the production information

  • MANY THOUSAND TONS. MINED AS EARLY AS 1927.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED BY OPEN-PIT METHOD. USED IN MAKING SOAP AND CLEANSER COMPOUNDS, ALSO FOR STUCCO WORK, WHITE CEMENT AND IN ACOUSTIC PLASTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 174, P. 60, 61, AND PL. 1

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 36, NO. 2, P. 151

  • Deposit

    REPT. 23, OCT. 1927, P. 403; CALIF. SP. REPT. 47, PL. 2

Reporter information

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

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