Mine detail: Clay Bed Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

44.26657, -117.1643

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Clay
Ore:	Shale
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Payette Formation-Sand, Shale, Silt, Clay
Host type:	Clay, Mud,Silt,Sand and Gravel,Shale
Structure:	Snake River Downwarp; Broad Syncline, Flat Plain With Minor Anticlines
Alteration processes:	Secondary Alteration Of Shales

References

MRDS	W012979
DEP	10070224
Reference	{Deposit:: SKEELS, F. H., 1920, CLAYS OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 2, 71 P.}{Deposit:: SOHN, I. G., 1952, INDUSTRIAL CLAYS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 158, P. 5.}{Deposit:: 1920 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 2}{Deposit:: 1952 COMPILE SOHN, CIRC. 158}
Reporter	Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat