Mine detail: Benson Clay Deposit

Previously called 'JohansenLindermanTroy Firebrick Co.Calen'

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Location

Lat / long: 46.77236, -116.72326

Resource(N)

Primary: Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin
Gangue: Kaolin, Muscovite, Quartz
Orebody form: BLANKET
Discovery year: 1913

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1913

Geology

Host rock:Latah Formation-Residual Granitic Clay;
Host type:Granite
Associated rock:Palouse Formation
Associated type:Loess
Alteration processes:Some Iron And Mn Stains

References

MRDSW015907
DEP10105790
Reference{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:: SCHEID, V. E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO MS THESIS, P. 41-44.}{Deposit:: 5) DOTSON, J. C., 1955, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 5 P.}{Deposit:: 1942 DIREXPL US BUR MINES}{Deposit:: 1956 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109}{Deposit:: 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2}{Deposit:: 1960 COMPILE J. W. HOSTERMAN AND OTHERS, BULL. 1091}{Production:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2, 29 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.