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Mabel Area Clay

Occurrence in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048667
MRDS ID MP00281
Record type Site
Current site name Mabel Area Clay

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.812, 44.26342 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 MI NORTHEAST OF MABEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crawfordsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McKenzie River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mckenzie(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015S 001W 16 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 100 YD WEST OF THE MABEL HOLLEY ROAD OF 1938.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THIS WAS THE WHITEST CLAY ENCOUNTERED IN OREGON IN 1930'S

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result ONE CLAY SAMPLE RAN CONE 32

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.812, 44.26342
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ARE LIKELY ALTERED TUFFACEOUS ROCKS OF THE WESTERN CASCADES. BASALT OVERLIES CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Marks
    First year 1938

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    WILSON AND TREASHER, 1938

  • Deposit

    WILSON, HEWITT, AND TREASHER, R.C., 1938, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SOME OF THE REFRACTORY CLAYS OF WESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 6, P. 66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION SOUNDS LIKE AN ALTERED TUFFACEOUS ROCK BELOW A LESS PERMEABLE BASALTIC UNIT. NOW BROWN SILICA-CLAY TYPE VEINLETS ARE DESCRIBED FOR THIS LOCALITY. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1994 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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