Mine detail: Bovill Clay-Sand Mine

Previously called 'SimplotKilbourneBalsa'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.84236, -116.42823

Resource(B)

Primary: Kaolin
Secondary: Silica
Ore: Halloysite
Orebody form: LENSES
Discovery year: 1943

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Latah Formation;Latah Formation
Host type:Unconsolidated Deposit
Associated rock:Belt Supergroup
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Kaolinization

References

MRDSW015913
DEP10089303
Reference{Deposit:: CARTER, G. J., KELLY, H. J., AND PARSONS, E. W., 1962, INDUSTRIAL SILICA DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: US BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 8112, 57 P.}{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.}{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.}{Deposit:: HOSTERMAN, J. W., AND OTHERS, 1960, INVESTIGATIONS OF SOME CLAY DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1091, 147 P.}{Deposit:: 5) BAINS, T.S., 1961, A STUDY OF NON-CLAY MINERALS IN BOVILL CLAY DEPOSITS: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 45 P.}{Deposit:: 6) MINOBRAS (PUB.), 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 42.}{Deposit:: 7) CARTER, W. D., 1964, SILICA, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1, P. 176-178.}{Deposit:: 8) KELLY, H. J., AND OTHERS, 1963, BOVILL CLAY AND SAND DEPOSIT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 6330, 56 P.}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL US BUR MINES, INF. CIRC, 8112}{Deposit:: 1944 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN AND OTHERS, BULL. 1091}{Deposit:: 1956 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109}{Deposit:: 1956 DIREXPL J. R. SIMPLOT CO. AND US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 6330}{Deposit:: 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2}{Production:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.