Mine detail: Mabel Area Clay

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.26342, -122.812

Resource(N)

Primary:	Clay
Ore:	Kaolinite
Orebody form:	MASSIVE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated type:	Basalt
Tectonic:	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Alteration processes:	Argillic

References

MRDS	MP00281
DEP	10048667
Reference	{Analytical Data:: WILSON AND TREASHER, 1938}{Deposit:: WILSON, HEWITT, AND TREASHER, R.C., 1938, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SOME OF THE REFRACTORY CLAYS OF WESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 6, P. 66}
Reporter	Peterson, Jocelyn A.