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Dead Indian Clay

Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109326
MRDS ID M013807
Record type Site
Current site name Dead Indian Clay
Alternate or previous names No. 44, 45, 46
Related records 10225576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51306, 42.25316 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grizzly Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 003E 19 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SUITABLE NONPLASTIC FOR A NUMBER 2 FIREBRICK

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 89.5% SIO2, 3.4% AL2O3, 2.3% FE2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Little Butte Volcanics
    Rock description Little Butte Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Landslide and debris-flow deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLAY AND THE POSITION OF THE OUTCROP INDICATE AN ALTERED RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Southwestern

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF ORE. DEPT. OF GEOL. & MIN. INDUS. BULL. #6, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SOME OF THE REFRACTORY CLAYS OF WESTERN OREGON, BY HEWITT WILSON AND RAY C. TREASHER, 1938 PG. 82

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-C, 1943, V. 2, P. 198.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT ONE TIME IT WAS SHIPPED TO PORTLAND AND USED IN MAKING FIREBRICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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