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Pumicite Occurrence

Occurrence in Cassia county in Idaho, 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. 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 10070314
MRDS ID W013163
MAS/MILS ID 0160310081
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.81277, 42.24272 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 3 MI. E. OF OAKLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(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

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 013S 023E 31 Idaho
Boise 014S 023E 06 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ash Is Grey To White In Color; Fine To Coarse Grained, And Poorly Consolidated.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Silicic Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Silicic Volcanic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.81277, 42.24272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Dip 10 DEG. N
    Thickness 124.97M
    Width 4827.9M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Oakley Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Asher, R. R., 1965, Volcanic Construction Materials In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 135, P. 74 - 79

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Pocatello Quad, 1982, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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