Pumice Hole Mine

Producer in Beaver county in Utah, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106648
MRDS ID D005988
Record type Site
Current site name Pumice Hole Mine
Related records 10178610

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.83219, 38.41136 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF SOUTH TWIN FLAT MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaver(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bearskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beaver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver Bottoms-Upper Beaver(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Beaver

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 028S 009W 02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pumice Ore
Tuff Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Intrusives & Volcanics
    Rock description Intrusives & Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.83219, 38.41136

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Granite/Mineral Range

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.438HA
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY; ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M L, 1979, ON-SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-JUL-1985 Shubat, Michael A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references