Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070316
MRDS ID W013166
Record type Site
Current site name Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.57697, 42.51161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 3 MI. E. OF DECLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rupert SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Walcott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010S 025E 31 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Shale
    Rock description Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.57697, 42.51161

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 20 DEG. N.
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Declo Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LACKS MOLDING PROPERTIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.