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Deary Clay Prospect East

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Brick Clay
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  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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093646
MRDS ID W015998
Record type Site
Current site name Deary Clay Prospect East
Related records 10241540

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.54183, 46.79846 (WGS84)
Elevation 899
Relative position .5 MI E OF DEARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 040N 002W 23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN RAILROAD CUT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Brick Clay Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE SAMPLE ANALYSIS: 30.3% AL2O3
Result 4.0% FE2O3
Result 52.2% SIO2
Result TRACE CAO
Result 0.36% MGO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Latah Formation-Granitic Residual Clay; Colluvial Clay
    Rock description Latah Formation-Granitic Residual Clay; Colluvial Clay

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.54183, 46.79846
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deary Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Washington, Idaho, And Montana Railroad

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 60.96M

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

    SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    SKEELS, F.H., 1920, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE CLAYS OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 2, P. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10

Reporter information

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

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