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White Vulcan Mine (Bonner Pozzolan Mine; Sunset Crater Pumice Mine), Sugarloaf Peak, San Franciscan volcanic field (San Francisco Peaks; San Francisco Mts), Coconino County, Arizona, USAi
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White Vulcan Mine (Bonner Pozzolan Mine; Sunset Crater Pumice Mine)Mine
Sugarloaf PeakPeak
San Franciscan volcanic field (San Francisco Peaks; San Francisco Mts)- not defined -
Coconino CountyCounty
ArizonaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 21' 35'' North , 111° 34' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
35.35975,-111.58323
GRN:
N24W66
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Flagstaff70,320 (2017)19.0km
Kachina Village2,622 (2011)30.9km
Mountainaire1,119 (2011)31.4km
Parks1,188 (2011)34.9km
Munds Park631 (2011)46.3km
Mindat Locality ID:
72845
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:72845:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A pumice occurrence/mine located in sec. 19, T23N, R8E, G&SRM, 2.9 km (1.8 miles) E of Sugarloaf Peak (coordinates of record), in USGS Sunset Crater West quadrangle, on National Forest land. Owned by Arizona Tufflite Inc. There are at least 3 pumice pits in this section.

Mineralization is a pumice deposit. Local rocks include Holocene to middle Pliocene volcanic rocks.

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References

USGS MRDS ID #TC35415.
Phillips, Ken A. (1987) Arizona Industrial Minerals - Department of Mines & Minerals Report #4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197 pp.
Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources (1989), Directory of active mines in Arizona, incorporating sand and gravel operations 1989-1990, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Directory 36, 14 pp.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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