Mine detail: Pumice Deposit (Snake River Valley)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.48301, -111.90693

Resource(N)

Primary:	Pumice
Ore:	Pumice
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Salt Lake Formation-Sedimentary Volcanic Tuff
Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite

References

MRDS	W019274
MAS	160190129
DEP	10073279
Reference	{Deposit:: ASHER, R. R., 1965 , VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135 , P. 37}{Deposit:: MINOBRAS, 1975 , IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, 55 P.}{Deposit:: 1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13}{Deposit:: V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, DRIGGS QUAD, LOCATION NO. 67}
Reporter	Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)