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Jensen Clay Mine

Past Producer in Payette county in Idaho, United States with commodities Brick Clay, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070234
MRDS ID W012993
Record type Site
Current site name Jensen Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.92599, 44.08404 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position AT PAYETTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Payette(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Payette(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Weiser(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Payette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009N 005W 27 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary
Kaolin Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Illite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Sandstone, Shale
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Sandstone, Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.92599, 44.08404
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Snake River Downwarp.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faults And Folds.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Payette Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jensen Brick Co.

Comments on development

  • CLAY SUPPLY BECAME EXHAUSTED IN VICINITY OF JENSEN BRICK CO. PLANT. ; ECON.COM: COST OF SHIPPING HEAVY - CLAY PRODUCTS IS HIGH. DEPOSIT VERY HIGH IN IMPURITIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, J. W., ET. AL., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - CLAYS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 51 - 57

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE I.B.M.G. SPEC. REPT. NO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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