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Little Bear Creek Clay Prospect

Past Producer 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089305
MRDS ID W015926
Record type Site
Current site name Little Bear Creek Clay Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bear Creek
Related records 10169441

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.75274, 46.71596 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position .5 MI SE OF TROY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy(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 003W 18,20,07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BEHIND TROY FIRE BRICK PLANT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF 1 SAMPLE: 24.0% AL2O3
Result 17.3% FE2O3
Result 41.7% SIO2
Result 1.74% CAO
Result 0.20% MGO
Result 3.80% K2O.

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) -116.75274, 46.71596
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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 Troy District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT SHALEY CLAY USED IN BLENDING WITH FIRE CLAYS FROM OTHER SOURCES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 48.16M

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

    SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 45 - 47.

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10

  • Production

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY EXPOSED IN 200 FT OUTCROP

Reporter information

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

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