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Nez Perce Clay Prospect

Past Producer in Lewis county in Idaho, United States with commodity Brick 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072108
MRDS ID W015960
MAS/MILS ID 0160610010
Record type Site
Current site name Nez Perce Clay Prospect
Alternate or previous names Booth Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25041, 46.23177 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Relative position ON W EDGE OF TOWN OF NEZ PERCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(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 Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 033N 002E 06 SWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ANALYZED 24.8% AL2O3, 5.58% FE2O3, 56.8% SIO2, 0.87% CAO, 0.14% MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Latah Formation-Transported Granitic Clay
    Rock description Latah Formation-Transported Granitic Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25041, 46.23177
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nez Perce Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • Small Amount of Production In 1920.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on development

  • Brick Plant Operated In 1920 ; Econ.Com: 3 Ft Soil 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

    1956 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 10

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Pullman Quad, Location No. 132

  • Production

    Hubbard, C. R., 1956, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 109

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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