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Pumicite Deposit

Prospect in Power 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 10089120
MRDS ID W013159
MAS/MILS ID 016077000
Record type Site
Current site name Pumicite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.84395, 42.58051 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1.2 MI. E. 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 East(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 010S 031E 04 NWNWSW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Point Of North - Trending Ridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

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) -112.84395, 42.58051
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rockland Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • Dimensions Of Deposit Given Are Dimensions Of Outcrop Only. Actual Dimensions Are Not Known.

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Easily Excavated From Outcrop

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 85

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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