Hines Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodity Clay
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090828
MRDS ID D006570
Record type Site
Current site name Hines Clay Deposit
Alternate or previous names Quartz Cr Clay Deposit, Priest River Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.91327, 48.33126 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9 MI N0E OF PRIEST RIVER, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 058N;057N 004W;005W 31 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ALONG QUARTZ CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial deposits.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3218.6M
    Width 804.65M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CLAY IS LIKELY FROM A GLACIAL SOURCE, PROBABLY CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE GRIT, AND HAS A LOW ALUMINA CONTENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. E. Hines
    Home office 712 W Augusta St., Spokane Wa.
    First year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT DIMENSIONS WERE GIVEN BY THE OWNER WHO ALSO CLAIMS THE DEPOSIT IS MORE THAN 16 FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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