Mine detail: Mabel Area Clay

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Location: Lane County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.26342, -122.812
dep_id: 10048667
mrds_id: MP00281
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Kaolinite
orebody_fm: MASSIVE
alteration: Argillic
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Tuff
arock_type: Basalt
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:
  • 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
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