Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Power county in Idaho, United States with commodity Clay

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
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	10093473
MRDS ID	W013168
MAS/MILS ID	0160770039
Record type	Site
Current site name	Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-112.97335, 42.65431 (WGS84)
Elevation	1341
Relative position	11 MI. S.W. OF AMERICAN FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Power(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neeley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Idaho	Power

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	009S	030E	08	C	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Clay	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Clay	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-112.97335, 42.65431	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Thickness 4.57M

Thickness	4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	American Falls 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	W013168
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	PO_142	http://www.idahogeology.org/
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160770039	data consolidated into this record

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Sohn, I. G., 1952, Industrial Clays, Other Than Potential Sources Of Alumina, Of The Columbia Basin: USGS Circ. 158, P. 4
Deposit

IBMG Mines And Prospects Of The Pocatello Quad., 1982, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1976	Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat	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.