| Deposit ID | 10089304 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W015920 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Canfield-Rogers Clay Deposit Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Rogers |
| Related records | 10217238 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.98134, 46.75516 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 792 |
| Relative position | ADJACENT TO MOSCOW, N AND E. BOUNDED ON THE S AND E BY S FK PALOUSE RIVER |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Latah(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Robinson Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Latah |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 039N;040N | 005W;005W | 05,04,03,31,32,33 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fire Clay (Refractory) | Primary |
| Kaolin | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Kaolin | Ore |
| Result | ANALYSES OF 3 SAMPLES SHOWED 26.2 TO 29.1% AL2O3 |
|---|---|
| Result | 1.13 TO 3.9% FE2O3 |
| Result | 55.6 TO 58.4% SIO2 |
| Result | TRACE TO 0.28% CAO |
| Result | 0.22 TO 0.42% MGO |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Belt Supergroup |
| Rock description | Belt Supergroup;Columbia River Basalt |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit |
| Rock unit name | Latah Formation;Latah Formation |
| Rock description | Latah Formation;Latah Formation |
| (1) | -116.98134, 46.75516 |
|---|
| Thickness | 8.44M |
|---|---|
| Length | 8046.5M |
| Width | 3218.6M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Discoverer | Moscow Fire Brick And Clay Products Co. |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| District name | Moscow Mtn District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Moscow Fire Brick And Clay Products Co. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W015920 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | PL_104 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, CLAY OF NORTH IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.
HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.
HOSTERMAN, J. W., AND OTHERS, 1960, INVESTIGATIONS OF SOME CLAY DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1091, 147 P.
SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 24-30.
1943 DIREXPL US BUR MINES
1956 DIREXPL ANACONDA MINING CO.
1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 109
1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 2
1960 RECON J. W. HOSTERMAN & OTHERS, BULL. 1091
HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2, 29 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 8109 ACRES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1974 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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