Pumice Occurrence

Past Producer in Owyhee 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. 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 10089546
MRDS ID W027353
Record type Site
Current site name Pumice Occurrence
Related records 10266367

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.67287, 43.31098 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 8.5 MI NW OF MURPHY

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 003W 26,27 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.67287, 43.31098

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Murphy-Wilson Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1975 , IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.