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Comstock Pumice Deposit

Past Producer in Mono 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213221
MAS/MILS ID 0060510411
Record type Site
Current site name Comstock Pumice Deposit
Alternate or previous names Comstock Pumice Dep Piute Minee, Piute Mine, White Mountains Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.32704, 37.51884 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chalfant Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 S 033 E 14 NWNENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.32704, 37.51884
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 174, 1956, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 94-83, 1983, TABLE 4,

  • Deposit

    NO. 84, P. 46.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Winters, Dick 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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