Pumicite Deposit

Occurrence in Power 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 10089119
MRDS ID W013157
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.93975, 42.62431 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 4 MI. NW. OF ROCKLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Power(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockland West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Power

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009S 030E 22,27 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Analytical data

Result ASH CONTAINS ABOUT 15 PERCENT SAND. ASH IS COARSE AND ABRASIVE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock type qualifier Volcanic Sediments
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation-Volcanic Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.93975, 42.62431

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Dip 10 DEG E
    Thickness 396.24M
    Length 1828.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rockland 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. 85 - 86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.