Pumice Deposit (Snake River Valley)

Past Producer in Bonneville 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. 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 10073279
MRDS ID W019274
MAS/MILS ID 0160190129
Record type Site
Current site name Pumice Deposit (Snake River Valley)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.90693, 43.48301 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 5 MI E OF IDAHO FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ammon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Idaho Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 039E 19 E2SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Particles Range In Size From Fines To 2 Inches Across.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation-Sedimentary Volcanic Tuff
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation-Sedimentary Volcanic Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.90693, 43.48301

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 20 DEG W
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Pumice In Welded Tuff

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Idaho Falls Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965 , VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135 , P. 37

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1975 , IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, 55 P.

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, DRIGGS QUAD, LOCATION NO. 67

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.