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Blue Creek Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Shoshone 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087399
MRDS ID D006560
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Creek Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.66265, 43.72598 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES S70E OF COEURD'ALENE IDAHO, Within 0.5 Mile., Within 0.5 Mile., Within 0.5 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Canyon(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caldwell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 050N 003W 35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ONE SIDE OF BLUE CREEK BAY ON COEURD'ALENE LAKE NEAR THE MOUTH OF BLUE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CLAY IS FAIRLY PURE BUT IT HAS SOME FINE GRIT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.66265, 43.72598
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Clay Bed Between Flows Of Columbia River Basalts

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAY IS COMPACT AND MOTTLED GRAY AND TAN. IT HAS GOOD PLASTICITY AND IS STICKY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wolf Lodge District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Adolf And Nils Molstead
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY 300 FT SQ COULD BE MINED BEFORE OVERBURDEN OR WATER BECOME TOO EXCESSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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