Pumicite Occurrence

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 10070312
MRDS ID W013160
MAS/MILS ID 0160310164
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.49806, 42.08881 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 11 MI. S. OF ELBA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chokecherry Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015S 025E 26 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At South End Of Malta Range

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Analytical data

Result ASH IS WELL INDURATED
Result APPROXIMATELY 60% WAS RETAINED ON A 1/2 INCH SCREEN. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IS FE2O3 - 0.6
Result AL2O3 - 14.8
Result SIO2 - 63.4
Result CAO - 1.2
Result MGO - 0.2
Result TOTAL NA2O - 6.2
Result AVAILABLE NA2O - 0.25
Result TOTAL K2O - 6.6
Result AVAILABLE K2O - 0.54
Result LOSS ON IGNITION - 6.9

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.49806, 42.08881

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 137.16M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Almo Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Light Crushing Would Probably Be Needed.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Asher, R. R., 1965, Volcanic Construction Materials In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 135, P. 81 - 82

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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