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Pumco Quarry

Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037421
MRDS ID M035125
Record type Site
Current site name Pumco Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03511, 38.43743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 4 MILES NE OF MINA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 035E 26 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE PUMICE FORMS A WHITE, BEDDED DEPOSIT CONSISTING OF POORLY SORTED, SUBROUNDED PARTICLES, UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER, IN A FINE-GRAINED, UNCONSOLIDATED PUMICE MATRIX

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.03511, 38.43743
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN INTERMITTENTLY PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • MAXIMUM DIAMETER, OF EXPOSURE IS APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARCHBOLD, N. L., 1966 , INDUS. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 14

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATE LOCATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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