Volcolite Association Placer Claim

Occurrence in Modoc county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031380
MRDS ID M010108
Record type Site
Current site name Volcolite Association Placer Claim
Related records 10286060

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.4408, 41.62402 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Modoc(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Kephart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tulelake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lost(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Modoc National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Modoc

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 005E 30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.4408, 41.62402

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. W. Free And Associates

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATIONS STARTED HERE DECEMBER 15, 1946.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. VOL. 44, NO. 4, OCT. 1948, P. 354

  • Deposit

    CALIF. MIS, V. 10, NO. 1, JAN.1, 1957, P. 2

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.