Cataldo Clay Deposit

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodity Brick 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073409
MRDS ID W019476
MAS/MILS ID 0160550044
Record type Site
Current site name Cataldo Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.35744, 47.53426 (WGS84)
Elevation 707
Relative position 1.5 MI SW OF CATALDO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cataldo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 001E 05 NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Analytical data

Result 61.2 % SIO2
Result 24.8 - 25.8 % AL2O3
Result 2.0 - 2.15 % FE2O3
Result 0.5 - 0.7 % CAO
Result 0.1 - 1.0 % MGO.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.35744, 47.53426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.49M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 137.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • Sampled In Railway Cut

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.