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Park Clay Occurrence No. 1

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072106
MRDS ID W015957
Record type Site
Current site name Park Clay Occurrence No. 1
Alternate or previous names Boulder Creek
Related records 10266455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43743, 46.72986 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 1.5 MI NE OF PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Park(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 039N 001W 11 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result CLAY COMPOSITION: 11.8% AL2O3
Result 2.58% FE2O3
Result 70.6% SIO2
Result 1.74% CAO
Result 0.58% MGO
Result 6.32% K2O

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Latah Formation-Granitic Residual Clay
    Rock description Latah Formation-Granitic Residual Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.43743, 46.72986
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Park Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Washington, Idaho, And Montana Railroad

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M

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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