Brickner Mine

Past Producer in Latah 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072052
MRDS ID W015874
Record type Site
Current site name Brickner Mine
Related records 10192576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.90574, 46.94906 (WGS84)
Elevation 814
Relative position 2.25 MI N OF POTLATCH; 2 MI NW OF ONAWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(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 042N 005W 25 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.90574, 46.94906

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Onaway Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Brickner

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION LESS THAN $300,000. PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED IN 1903.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 75P

  • Production

    SCHEID, V. E., 1940, MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO MS THESIS, P. 19

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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