Fernan Hill Clay Deposit

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodity Kaolin

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10089418
MRDS ID	W019554
MAS/MILS ID	0160550138
Record type	Site
Current site name	Fernan Hill Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-116.74525, 47.68346 (WGS84)
Elevation	701
Relative position	1 MI E 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	08,09,16,17,18	NWNWNW (16)	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Kaolin	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Rock unit name

Clay

Rock description

Clay

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pliocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-116.74525, 47.68346	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	Coeur D'Alene Area

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W019554
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	SP__69	http://www.idahogeology.org/
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160550138	data consolidated into this record

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Minobras, 1975 , Idaho Industrial Minerals, P. 4

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1977	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.