Mine detail: Unnamed Clay Locality

Previously called 'Locality No. 18'

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Location: Marion County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.89759, -122.68757
dep_id: 10048670
mrds_id: MP00285
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Clay
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Kaolinite
orebody_fm: VEIN
alteration: Argillic
ore_ctrl: Fractures?
Reporter: Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Tuff
tectonic: Cascade Volcanic Arc
References:
  • Analytical Data:: WILSON AND TREASHER
  • 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 5, P. 59-60
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