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Benson Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Fire Clay (Refractory), 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105790
MRDS ID W015907
Record type Site
Current site name Benson Clay Deposit
Alternate or previous names Johansen, Linderman, Troy Firebrick Co., Calen
Related records 10192927

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72326, 46.77236 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position 4 MI NE OF TROY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanford(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 040N 003W 27,28,29,32,33,34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF HIGHWAY BETWEEN TROY AND DEARY. IN UPPER LITTLE BEAR CREEK BASIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TWO LINDERMAN PIT ANALYSES: 57.5 AND 58.2 SIO2, 40.9 AND 27.0% AL2O3. TWO JOHANSEN PIT ANALYSES 47.4 AND 68.3% SIO2, 37.9 AND 20.5% AL2O3

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Iron And Mn Stains

Analytical data

Result 20% ALUMINA, 2% FE OXIDE, 70% SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Loess
    Rock unit name Palouse Formation
    Rock description Palouse Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Latah Formation-Residual Granitic Clay;
    Rock description Latah Formation-Residual Granitic Clay;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72326, 46.77236
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N
    Dip 0
    Thickness 35.05M
    Length 4023.25M
    Width 1609.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Idaho Fire Brick And Clay Company
Year of first production 1913

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Green Fire Brick Co., A. P.

Comments on the workings information

  • BUGG SHAFT WAS 112 FT DEEP IN SUMMER 1892. CURTIS AND HALL SHFT WAS 32 FT. DEEP. ANOTHER SHAFT, ONE MILE FROM THE LATTER, WAS 60 FT. DEEP.
  • 475 FT ADIT USED FOR LOADING TRUCKS IN 1940.

Comments on development

  • JOHANSEN PIT IN NW 1/4 SEC 34 PRODUCED CLAY FIRST IN 1913; LINDERMAN PIT IN NW 1/4 SEC 34 TO THE S OPENED IN 1918; BENSON PIT (SEC 33) OPERATED 1930-1955. BENSEN CLAY AREA ENCOMPASSES FIRST TWO PITS. ; ECON.COM: CLAY COVERED IN PLACES BY 1 TO 20 FT BASALT, AND 10 TO 40 FT OF PALOUSE FORM. COVERS ENTIRE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, J. W., AND OTHERS, 1960, INVESTIGATIONS OF SOME CLAY DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1091, 147 P.

  • Deposit

    SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO MS THESIS, P. 41-44.

  • Deposit

    5) DOTSON, J. C., 1955, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 5 P.

  • Deposit

    1942 DIREXPL US BUR MINES

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109

  • Deposit

    1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2

  • Deposit

    1960 COMPILE J. W. HOSTERMAN AND OTHERS, BULL. 1091

  • Production

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2, 29 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1200 TO 1800 ACRES

Reporter information

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

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