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Cottonwood Clay Occurrence No. 25 Prospect

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070167
MRDS ID W012889
MAS/MILS ID 0160490337
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Clay Occurrence No. 25 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.32271, 45.99407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
Relative position 4 MI. S, 1 1/2 MI. E OF COTTONWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fenn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 031N 001E 27 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 24.6% AL2O3 AND 3.7% FE2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Latah Formation-Clay
    Rock description Latah Formation-Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.32271, 45.99407
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Camas Prairie Railroad

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hubbard, C. R., 1956, Clay Deposits Of North Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 109, 36 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-FEB-1987 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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