Pumicite Deposit

Occurrence in Cassia county in Idaho, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070117
MRDS ID W012811
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.14755, 42.04297 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 19 MI. SW OF OAKLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mahogany Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rogerson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Idaho Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016S 021E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BRIGHAM CITY 1:250000; LAT-LONG VALUES FROM USGS GNIS DATABASE ARE FOR MAHOGANY BUTTE SUMMIT IN CASSIA COUNTY IDAHO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.14755, 42.04297

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 83.82M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goose Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SLOPE IS GENTLE AND ASH BED COULD BE EASILY MINED. DEPOSITS NEAR RAIL TRANSPORTATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 77 - 78

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG. PAMPHLET 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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