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Saxby Clay Occurrence

Occurrence in Kootenai 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093702
MRDS ID W019360
MAS/MILS ID 0160550129
Record type Site
Current site name Saxby Clay Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03439, 47.51236 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 16 MI SW OF COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mica Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spokane(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 006W 01,12,13 SWNE (13) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Columbia River Basalt Group.
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975 , Idaho Industrial Minerals, P. 4

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Spokane Quad, Location No. 182.

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

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

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