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Pumicite Deposit

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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 10089101
MRDS ID W013095
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.66957, 43.28738 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 10 MI. NE OF REYNOLDS SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilson Peak(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 001S;002S 003W;003W 35;02 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS - FE2O3 - 1.0
Result AL2O3 - 6.3
Result SIO2 - 68.8
Result CAO - 1.3
Result MGO - 0.5
Result TOTAL NA2O - 6.2
Result AVAILABLE NA2O - 0.2
Result TOTAL K2O - 7.6
Result AVAILABLE K2O - 0.34
Result LOSS ON IGNITION - 7.3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Snake River Basalt
    Rock description Snake River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Tuff
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 24.38M
    Length 1219.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Murphy Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WELL SITUATED IN REGARD TO HAULAGE AND MINING. MATERIAL MEETS DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION FOR POZZOLAN AS ESTABLISHED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 6

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG. PAMPHLET 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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