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Roberts Clay Mine

Producer in Jefferson county in Idaho, United States with commodity Brick 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071931
MRDS ID W015707
MAS/MILS ID 160510065
Record type Site
Current site name Roberts Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.1233, 43.7078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 14 MI NNW OF IDAHO FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lewisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Circular Butte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Idaho Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 037E 5 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 Mi S and E of Roberts, Plot Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Clay
    Rock description Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.1233, 43.7078
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clays Interbedded With Basalt Flows

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Roberts Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Falls Brick And Tile Co., Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Savage, C. N., 1961 , Geology And Mineral Resources Of Bonneville County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 5, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    Griner, W. C., 1972, Sixty-Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1971

  • Deposit

    Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973-1974

  • Deposit

    1961 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 5

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Idaho Falls Quad, Location No. 167

  • Production

    Savage, C. N., 1961, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-03-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1983-11-14 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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