Pullman Brick Co. Mine

Producer in Ada county in Idaho, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070272
MRDS ID W013076
MAS/MILS ID 0160010031
Record type Site
Current site name Pullman Brick Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.11036, 43.56678 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 1 MI. N.W. OF BARBER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ada(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucky Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Ada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 003E 28, 29 W2 (29) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Clay Pits Are Located In Secs 28 & 29 T3N R3E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.11036, 43.56678

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FAN - SHAPED
    Thickness 4.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Barber Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pullman Brick Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Echart, Amos
    Home office Barber, Id

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 4.047HA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Savage, C. N., 1958, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Ada And Canyon Counties: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Report No. 3, P. 63

  • Deposit

    1958 Other Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. County Rept. No.

  • Production

    Savage, C. N., 1958: Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. County Rept. No. 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.