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Unnamed Clay Locality

Occurrence in Marion 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048674
MRDS ID MP00289
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Clay Locality
Alternate or previous names Locality No. 17

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.6909, 44.85814 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI NORTHEAST OF STAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stout Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

North Santiam River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Molalla-Pudding(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 001E 21 NW4 OF SE4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN FROM ODGMI'S MILOC FILE; ACCURACY OF LOCATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES YIELDED FUSION AT CONE 28 TO CONE 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Fern Ridge Tuff
    Rock description Fern Ridge Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.6909, 44.85814
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE
    Thickness 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    WILSON AND TREASHER, 1938

  • Deposit

    WILSON, HEWETT, 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. 56, 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL CLAY SEAMS ARE PRESENT, APPARENTLY SUBPARALLEL TO BEDDING. BLACK MANGANESE-LIKE STAIN PRESENT IN LOWER PART OF CLAY EXPOSURE. 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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