Mine detail: Kin* Clay

Previously called 'Sublimity LocalityLocality No. 11'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.86953, -122.73035

Resource(N)

Primary: Clay
Ore: Kaolinite
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz
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

MRDSMP00286
DEP10048671
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 5, P. 49-54}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A.