Mine detail: Pumice Deposit

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Location: Bonneville County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.50431, -111.90003
dep_id: 10093695
mrds_id: W019271
mas_id: 160190127
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. 65
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