Sunite Pumice Mine

Past Producer in Blaine 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089163
MRDS ID W013544
Record type Site
Current site name Sunite Pumice Mine
Related records 10119985

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4001, 43.32989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 19 MI. E. OF FAIRFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magic Reservoir West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big 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 017E 14,13,15,22,23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH END OF MAGIC RESERVOIR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LACK OF SORTING IN DEPOSIT, ABSENCE OF PUMICITE AND ABUNDANT INTER MINGLED ANGULAR FRAGMENTS OF RHYOLITE AND OBSIDIAN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Analytical data

Result PARTICLE SIZE: .5 - 8 IN
Result FRAGMENTS ARE HARD, ABRASIVE, AND ANGULAR
Result SAMPLE DENSITY IS 27 LB/CFT
Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS (%): FE2O3 - 1.0
Result AL2O3 - 13.5
Result SIO2 - 64.9
Result CAO - 1.4
Result MGO - 0.1
Result NA2O - 6.1
Result K2O - 8.7
Result LOSS ON IGNITION - 3.3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Magic Reservoir Rhyolite;
    Rock description Magic Reservoir Rhyolite;
    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 Snake River Eruptives-Tuff
    Rock description Snake River Eruptives-Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4001, 43.32989

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Camas District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sun-Ite Sales And Manfctg. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION REPORTED IN 1957.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MILLIONS OF TONS OF ESTIMATED RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CRUSHING WOULD BE REQUIRED; DOES NOT BOND WELL WITH CEMENT. LACK OF MARKET IN AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 46 - 47.

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955, SUNITE PUMICE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1950, PUMICE AND PERLITE IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL RES. REPT. NO. 6, 10 P.

  • Deposit

    1950 RECON IBMG MINERAL RES. REPT. NO. 6

  • Deposit

    1955 OTHER IBMG OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 135

  • Production

    ASHER, R. R., 1965: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 46 - 47.

  • Reserve-Resource

    POWERS, H. A., 1955, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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