The Deary Clay Deposit South is a aluminum and kaolin mine located in Latah county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,851 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,851 Feet (869 Meters)
Commodity: Aluminum, Kaolin
Lat, Long: 46.7706, -116.56560
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Deary Clay Deposit South MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deary Clay Deposit South
Secondary: Big Bear Ridge
Commodity
Primary: Aluminum
Primary: Kaolin
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Idaho
County: Latah
District: Deary Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Palouse Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 24.0% AVG AL2O3
Analytical Data: 3.8% AVG FE2O3
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 IS LESS THE MOISTURE
Comment (Location): ON W SIDE OF DEARY-KENDRICK HIGHWAY; ABOUT 2 MI E OF HIGH FE OLSON DEPOSIT
Comment (Development): US BUR MINES DRILLED 26 HOLES TOTALING 818 FT; ASSAYED 86 SAMPLES ; ECON.COM: SOME CLAY COVERED BY BASALT. OVERBURDEN AVERAGES 14.1 FT THICKNESS. RATIO OF OVERBURDEN TO HIGH-ALUMINA CLAY IS 0.3:1
Comment (Deposit): 115 ACRES
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT AT INTERSECTION OF TWO EMBAYMENTS (HELMER AND AVON) UNDERLAIN BY BASALT. UNCONSOLIDATED LACUSTRINE AND FLUVIAL SEDIMENTS FROM WEATHERING AND EROSION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSTERMAN, J. W., AND OTHERS, 1960, INVESTIGATIONS OF SOME CLAY DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1091, 147 P.
Reference (Deposit): SCHEID, V.E., AND OTHERS, 1952, DEARY HIGH-ALUMINA CLAY DEPOSIT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1942 DIREXPL US BUR MINES
Reference (Deposit): 1944 DIREXPL V. E. SCHEID AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT FEB 1952
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 109
Reference (Deposit): 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2
Reference (Deposit): HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.
Reference (Deposit): HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.
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