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Victory Claims

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 10031538
MRDS ID M010530
Record type Site
Current site name Victory Claims
Related records 10213150

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.52317, 37.7741 (WGS84)
Relative position ON W. SIDE OF BLIND SPRING VALLEY ABOUT 2 MI. S. OF BENTON. QUARRY IN NE1/4 SW1/4; PROSPECTS IN S1/2 NW1/4, N1/2 SW1/4 AND SE1/4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benton Hot Springs(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 002S 031E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.52317, 37.7741
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PUMICE OCCURS IN LAYERS WHICH DO NOT CROP OUT BUT ARE WELL EXPOSED IN BULLDOZER CUTS, TEST PITS, AND EXTENSIVE MINING OPERATIONS. LAYERS ARE FROM 5-20' THICK, STRIKE N. 10-20 DEG. E., DIP FROM 5-7 DEG. SE, AND ARE OVERLAIN BY A LOOSE PUMICEOUS SOIL 1-4' THICK. PUMICE IS WHITE AND IN ANGULAR FRAGMENTS RANGING FROM DUST-LIKE PARTICLES TO 3" IN DIAM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blind Spring Valley Area

Comments on the production information

  • ANNUAL OUTPUT WELL OVER 1500 TONS. MINED SINCE MIDDLE 1940'S.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT METHODS; USED AS AGGREGATE IN LIGHTWEIGHT BUILDING BLOCKS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 174, P. 56, 95 AND PL.

Reporter information

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

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