Chatcolet Lake Clay Occurrence

Occurrence in Benewah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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 10089413
MRDS ID W019526
MAS/MILS ID 0160090070
Record type Site
Current site name Chatcolet Lake Clay Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.74495, 47.35296 (WGS84)
Elevation 815
Relative position 8.5 MI NW OF ST. MARIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benewah Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Benewah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 046N 003W 08 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Latah Formation-Transported Clay
    Rock description Latah Formation-Transported Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.74495, 47.35296

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name St. Maries Area

Land status

Ownership category State

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 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MIES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, SPOKANE QUAD, LOCATION NO. 126

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-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.