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Pumice Deposit (Ammon Valley)

Occurrence in Bonneville 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. 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 10089383
MRDS ID W019272
MAS/MILS ID 0160190128
Record type Site
Current site name Pumice Deposit (Ammon Valley)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.82643, 43.50661 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 5 MI ESE OF IONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rigby SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(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 14 SENENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE DENSITY IS 48 LB/CF
Result EXPOSED PUMICE RATHER FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation-Sedimentary Volcanic Ash
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation-Sedimentary Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.82643, 43.50661
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 20 DEG E
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Iona 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. 36 - 3

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, DRIGGS QUAD, LOCATION NO. 66

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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