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Pumice Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070280
MRDS ID W013094
Record type Site
Current site name Pumice Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.83018, 43.46207 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Relative position 5 MI. S OF MARSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Opalene Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 004W 32,33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI. E. OF HIGHWAY 95 ON AN ABANDONED PRACTICE BOMBING RANGE. OCCURRENCE IS AT THE HEAD OF A BROAD SE TRENDING DRAW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Tertiary
Diatomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Pumice Ore

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ FILLS VESICLES, MAKES UP 10 - 15% OF A SPECIMEN
Result FINELY VESICULAR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Pumice, Diatomite
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Pumice, Diatomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 10 DEG SW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Marsing Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LIMITED THICKNESS, IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION, AND SMALL SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES WOULD HINDER DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 29 - 31.

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1950 , PUMICE AND PERLITE IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCES REPT 6 , P. 5.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1975 , IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 50.

  • Deposit

    1950 RECON IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN RES REPT 6

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 135

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.

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