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Pumice Deposit Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Pumice, Perlite
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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 10070560
MRDS ID W013545
Record type Site
Current site name Pumice Deposit Prospect
Related records 10192709

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.0036, 43.3633 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 3 MI. SW OF CAREY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Picabo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Wood(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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001S 021E 6 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MI. S. OF HIGHWAY 23, ON WEST SLOPE OF RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary
Perlite Primary

Analytical data

Result PARTICLES .25 - 3 IN ACROSS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Tuff
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carey 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. 44

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 135

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-06-01 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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