Mine detail: Pumice Deposit (West of Ammon)

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Location: Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.48131, -111.82973
dep_id: 10073278
mrds_id: W019273
mas_id: 160190130
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Pumice
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Pumice
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Salt Lake Formation-Sedimentary Volcanic Ash
hrock_type: Volcanic Ash
arock_unit: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • Deposit:: ASHER, R. R., 1965 , VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135 , P. 3
  • Deposit:: 1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13
  • Deposit:: V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, DRIGGS QUAD, LOCATION NO. 68
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