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Shoshone Volcanic Ash Deposit

Past Producer in Inyo 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212251
MAS/MILS ID 0060270805
Record type Site
Current site name Shoshone Volcanic Ash Deposit
Alternate or previous names Shoshone Volcanic Ash, Virginia

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.27446, 35.96999 (WGS84)
Elevation 501
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shoshone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 022 N 007 E 31 NWNW California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SEC. 30 AND 32.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL, V. 47, 1951, P. 109.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 174, 1956, P. 68, 84.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. MAP SHEET NO. 18, 1973.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1993 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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