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White Rock Placer

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031541
MRDS ID M010538
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock Placer
Related records 10237086

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.50484, 37.71661 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. E. OF TOWER MINE. E1/2 SW1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(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 003S 031E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.50484, 37.71661
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LAYER OF SUBAQUEOUS PUMICE, 8-12' THICK, RESTS ON PUMICEOUS SANDY SOIL AND DIPS ABOUT 5 DEG. E. UPPER 2' OF PUMICE LAYER MADE UP OF WELL ROUNDED PUMICE PEBBLES AND GRAINS THAT RANGE FROM 1/8" TO 2" IN DIAM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 1940-1949

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PITS, NOW ABANDONED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. SP. REPT. 48, P. 10, 17 AND PL. 1; B. 174, P. 57 AND 95

  • Deposit

    GQ-99

Reporter information

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

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