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Calif Pumice Deposit

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138982
MAS/MILS ID 0060250089
Record type Site
Current site name Calif Pumice Deposit
Alternate or previous names Obsidian Butte Mine, Superlite Corp. Deposit, Brand and Stevens Deposit, Kalite Company Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.63772, 33.17446 (WGS84)
Elevation 70
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Obsidian Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011 S 013 E 32 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT, V. 22, 1926, P. 280.

  • Deposit

    CALFI. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, 1942, P. 138.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 326.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 51, 1955, P. 362.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 7. 1977.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JUL-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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