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Potlatch Clay Deposit

Past Producer in Latah 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072104
MRDS ID W015954
Record type Site
Current site name Potlatch Clay Deposit
Related records 10241520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.90104, 46.92876 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position ON W EDGE OF POTLATCH AT JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY US 95 AND ONAWAY ROAD

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 041N 005W 01 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.90104, 46.92876
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Potlatch Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • LOCATION OF FORMER SMALL BRICK PLANT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109

Reporter information

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

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