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Yale Clay Occurrence

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089312
MRDS ID W015947
Record type Site
Current site name Yale Clay Occurrence
Related records 10119543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69244, 46.85596 (WGS84)
Elevation 876
Relative position 3 MI NW OF STANFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanford(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 041N 003W 34 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization

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) -116.69244, 46.85596
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8.53M
    Length 457.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Yale - Stanford Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Washington, Idaho, And Montana Railroad

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 6 FT PALOUSE SOIL OVERBURDEN; CLAY OF DOUBTFUL COMMERCIAL VALUE

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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