St. Maries Clay Occurrence

Occurrence in Benewah 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073439
MRDS ID W019527
Record type Site
Current site name St. Maries Clay Occurrence
Alternate or previous names St. Maries Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55884, 47.31516 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Relative position .25 MI E OF ST. MARIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Benewah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 046N 002W 23 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.55884, 47.31516

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.79M
    Length 106.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name St. Maries Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milwaukee Railroad

Comments on the workings information

  • RAILROAD CUT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 2 FT. SOIL OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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