Stanley Hill Clay Deposit

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Clay, Aluminum
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089405
MRDS ID W019452
MAS/MILS ID 0160550015
Record type Site
Current site name Stanley Hill Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.74775, 47.69656 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 2 MI NE OF CENTER OF COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fernan Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 050N 003W 07,08 NE (07) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Stanley Hill Clay Deposit Extends Into Section 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Aluminum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 29.6 % AL2O3 , 1.9 % FE2O3 , 58.4 % SIO2 , 1.55 % CAO, 0.04 % MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Latah Formation-Unconsol. Lacustrine And Fluvial Sediments;Belt Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.74775, 47.69656

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 18.29M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

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

    Hosterman, J. W., And Others, 1960 , Investigations Of Some Clay Deposits In Washington And Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1091 , 147 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.