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Ayer Deposit No. 1

Occurrence 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. 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 10089301
MRDS ID W015905
Record type Site
Current site name Ayer Deposit No. 1
Related records 10192399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03105, 46.7943 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 5 MI NE OF PULLMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Viola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pullman(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 040N 006W 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN RAILROAD CUT 600 FT NW OF AYER STATION AREA AND IN COUNTY ROAD CUTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result PARTIAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE (%): SIO2 - 70.4
Result FE2O3 - 1.47
Result AL2O3 - 20.3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.03105, 46.7943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moscow Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 INCLUDES AYER DEPOSITS NO. 1 AND SURROUNDING AREA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 75 P

Reporter information

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

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