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Bovill Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119938
MRDS ID W015913
MAS/MILS ID 0160570005
Record type Site
Current site name Bovill Clay Deposit
Related records 10089303

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.42823, 46.84236 (WGS84)
Elevation 957

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bovill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(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)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041 N 001 W 35 SWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.42823, 46.84236
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6M
    Length 4300M
    Width 2400M
    Area 617HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 617
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1961

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Potlatch Forest Products Inc
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Green Refractories Inc., A. P.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. R. Simplot Co.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Indicated 39036000mt ore
    Demonstrated 39036000mt ore
    Total resources 39036000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe2O3 4 wt-pct Iron Trace 1979
    Aluminum Al2O3 21.8 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1979
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Inferred 24857000mt ore
    Total resources 24857000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe2O3 4 wt-pct Iron Trace 1979
    Aluminum Al2O3 20 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX GRADES AND TONNAGES ARE BASED ON WET TONNES.
  • MATRIX ONE COLUMN 2 GRADES AND TONNAGES DERIVED FROM BUMINES DATA AND PLANIMETER READINGS. SEE WAR MINERALS REPORT 340 AND USGS BULL. 1091. MATRIX ONE COLUMN 1 GRADES AND TONNAGES DERIVED FROM IDAHO-PAMPH. 109. SI02, TI02, AND LOI ASSAYS ARE ESTIMATES. THE TONNAGE AND GRADE HAS BEEN MULTIPLIED BY THE APPROPRIATE CONVERSIONS TO ACCOUNT FOR METRIC TONNES AND MOISTURE CONTENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 617HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Swell Factor .7
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 3
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore QUICKSAND
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 9
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 18
    Capacity 7938
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 149
    Unit Production Cost 2.09
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, J.W., V.E. SCHEID, V.T. ALLEN, AND I.G. SOHN.

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATION OF SOME CLAY DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON AND

  • Deposit

    IDAHO. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1091, 1960, 147 PP.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C.R. CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 1946, 36 PP.

  • Deposit

    KIRBY, R.C., AND J.S. BARCLAY. A BUREAU OF MINES MINIPLANT

  • Deposit

    PROJECT TO EVALUATE ALUMINA RECOVERY PROCESSES. U.S. BUMI

  • Deposit

    PAPER PRESENTED TO THE SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, 1974,

  • Deposit

    PATTERSN, S.H., AND J.R. DYNI. ALUMINUM AND BAUXITE.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820; UNITED STATES MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCES, 1973, PP. 35-43.

  • Deposit

    PONDER, J., AND W.D. KELLER, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND GENESI

  • Deposit

    OF SELECTED FIRE CLAYS FROM LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO. NEW YORK

  • Deposit

    EIGHTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS,

  • Deposit

    PERGAMON PRESS, 1960, 61 PP.

  • Deposit

    STAFF. POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ALUMINUM. U.S. BUMINES INF.

  • Deposit

    CIRC. 8335, 1967, 148 PP.

  • Deposit

    STAMPER, J.W. ALUMINIUM. U.S. BUMINES BULL. 650, MINERAL

  • Deposit

    FACTS AND PROBLEMS, 1970, PP. 436-462.

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUR MINES GEO. PAMPHLET # 109, 1956, HUBBARD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-1994 Lindsey, David S. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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