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Onaway Mine

Past Producer in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. 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 10072064
MRDS ID W015890
Record type Site
Current site name Onaway Mine
Related records 10144821, 10241937

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88384, 46.92956 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position ON E EDGE OF ONAWAY; 1 MI NE OF POTLATCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 004W 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SIDE OF ONAWAY'S MAIN STREET

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Analytical data

Result AVG OF 7 ANALYSES: 31.56% AL2O3
Result 1.57% FE2O3
Result 55.96% SIO2
Result 1.46% CAO
Result 1.36% MGO.

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) -116.88384, 46.92956
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Potlatch Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ralph Mckinney
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CLAY FREE OF GRIT, HIGHLY PLASTIC. ABOUT 10 FT OVERBURDEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS (PUB.), 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 42.

  • Deposit

    SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 16-18.

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10

  • Production

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, 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

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