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McKeehan Clay Mine

Past Producer in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Fire Clay (Refractory), 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 10072084
MRDS ID W015922
Record type Site
Current site name McKeehan Clay Mine
Related records 10290450

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.76744, 46.74236 (WGS84)
Elevation 799
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI N OF TROY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(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 039N 003W 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OLD DEARY ROAD AT POINT WHERE ROAD CROSSES CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary
Kaolin Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.76744, 46.74236
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Idaho Fire Brick Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Keehan

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CLAY UNDER BASALT CAP

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

    SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 44-45.

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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