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Clay Occurrence

Occurrence in Washington 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070225
MRDS ID W012980
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9685, 44.26987 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 1 MI. NORTH OF WEISER, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weiser North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Weiser(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 005W 29 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Analytical data

Result WATER OF PLASTICITY 47 %
Result DRY LINEAR SHRINKAGE 16 % WITHOUT CRACKING
Result 5 - 16 % FIRE SHRINKAGE
Result 21 - 33 % TOTAL SHRINKAGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite
    Rock description Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Shale, Clay, Sandstone
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Shale, Clay, Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9685, 44.26987
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults, Folds, And Anticlines
Structure description Local Faults, Folds, And Anticlines
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Broad Syncline
Structure description Broad Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Discoverer Frank H. Skeels

Mining district

District name Weiser Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THESE CLAYS SHOW ACCESSIVE SHRINKAGE AND CRACKING, SO THEY HAVE LITTLE VALUE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SKEELS, F. H., 1920, CLAYS OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 2, 71 P

  • Deposit

    1920 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Nakai, Terry; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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