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Rae-Spencer Deposit Blind Springs Hill

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 10031561
MRDS ID M010604
Record type Site
Current site name Rae-Spencer Deposit Blind Springs Hill
Related records 10164047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44955, 37.7455 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 1000' NW OF MATHIEU RANCH HOUSE, IN THE LOW HILLS ALONG SE SIDE OF BLIND SPRING HILL. QUARRIES IN SW1/4 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 032E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.44955, 37.7455
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: EXTENSIVE LAYER OF PUMICE ABOUT 18' THICK, EXPOSED IN SEVERAL PARTLY CAVED TUNNELS AND BULLDOZER CUTS; OVERLAIN BY LOOSELY CONSOLIDATED BISHOP TUFF 1-6' THICK. WHITE, ANGULAR PUMICE FRAGMENTS RANGE FROM DUST-SIZED PARTICLES TO AS MUCH AS 3" 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

  • OPERATIONS STARTED IN 1924 AND CONTINUED UNTIL 1945. IDLE IN SEPT. 1953.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING WAS BY UNDERGROUND METHODS. USED AS AN AGGREGATE IN MANUFACTURE OF LIGHTWEIGHT BUILDING BLOCKS AND CONCRETE. LARGE RESERVES REMAIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 36, NO. 2, P. 152

  • Deposit

    REPT. 23, OCT. 1927, P. 403-4; CALIF. REPT. 27, P. 545; ADD. REF.: CALIF. MINERAL ABSTRACTS - PUMICE AND VOLCANIC ASH, P. 18; 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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