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Vassar Clay Occurrence

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Kaolin
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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. 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 10072098
MRDS ID W015948
Record type Site
Current site name Vassar Clay Occurrence
Related records 10216828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.61913, 46.83456 (WGS84)
Elevation 846
Relative position .75 MI NE OF STANFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(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 040N 002W 06,05 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CLAY COMPOSITION: 32.1% AL2O3
Result 7.9% FE2O3
Result 45.0% SIO2
Result 0.05% K2O
Result TRACE CAO
Result 0.51% MGO
Result 1.0% TIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Latah Formation-Basaltic Clay
    Rock description Latah Formation-Basaltic Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.61913, 46.83456
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vassar - Stanford Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Washington, Idaho, And Montana Railroad

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 8 FT OF PALOUSE SOIL OVERBURDEN; PART OF CLAY IS CAPPED BY IRONSTONE LEDGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 36 P

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10

Reporter information

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

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