Mine detail: Onaway Mine

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Location: Latah County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.92956, -116.88384
dep_id: 10072064
mrds_id: W015890
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Kaolin
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Miller, Pat J.
hrock_unit: Latah Formation-Clay
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
Year first produced: 1902
References:
  • Deposit:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.
  • Deposit:: MINOBRAS (PUB.), 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 42.
  • Deposit:: SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 16-18.
  • Deposit:: 1956 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10
  • Production:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.
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