Mine detail: Joel Clay Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.71986, -116.88464

Resource(N)

Primary: Kaolin
Ore: Clay
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

Host rock:Latah Formation-Granitic Residual Clay
Host type:Granite
Structure:Original Schistosity Striking N 60 Deg W, Dipping 75 Deg Sw
Alteration processes:Kaolinization

References

MRDSW015921
DEP10072083
Reference{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.}{Deposit:: SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 31-33.}{Deposit:: HITE, T. H., 1930, THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN CLAY DEPOSITS OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 30 P.}{Deposit:: 1956 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10}{Production:: SCHEID, V. E., 1940, MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 33}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.