The Bovill Clay Deposit is a mine located in Latah county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,140 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: 3,140 Feet (957 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.8425, -116.42720
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Bovill Clay Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bovill Clay Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Water, Free
Tertiary: Titanium
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Aluminum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Latah
District: Unorganized District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Clearwater National Forest
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Type: Fee Ownership
Type: State Lease
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: J. R. Simplot Co.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Green Refractories Inc., A. P.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Potlatch Forest Products Inc
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1961
Discovery Year: 1943
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX GRADES AND TONNAGES ARE BASED ON WET TONNES.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX ONE COLUMN 2 GRADES AND TONNAGES DERIVED FROM BUMINES DATA AND PLANIMETER READINGS. SEE WAR MINERALS REPORT 340 AND USGS BULL. 1091. MATRIX ONE COLUMN 1 GRADES AND TONNAGES DERIVED FROM IDAHO-PAMPH. 109. SI02, TI02, AND LOI ASSAYS ARE ESTIMATES. THE TONNAGE AND GRADE HAS BEEN MULTIPLIED BY THE APPROPRIATE CONVERSIONS TO ACCOUNT FOR METRIC TONNES AND MOISTURE CONTENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSTERMAN, J.W., V.E. SCHEID, V.T. ALLEN, AND I.G. SOHN.
Reference (Deposit): INVESTIGATION OF SOME CLAY DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON AND
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1091, 1960, 147 PP.
Reference (Deposit): HUBBARD, C.R. CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU
Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 109, 1946, 36 PP.
Reference (Deposit): KIRBY, R.C., AND J.S. BARCLAY. A BUREAU OF MINES MINIPLANT
Reference (Deposit): PROJECT TO EVALUATE ALUMINA RECOVERY PROCESSES. U.S. BUMI
Reference (Deposit): PAPER PRESENTED TO THE SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS, 1974,
Reference (Deposit): PATTERSN, S.H., AND J.R. DYNI. ALUMINUM AND BAUXITE.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820; UNITED STATES MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES, 1973, PP. 35-43.
Reference (Deposit): PONDER, J., AND W.D. KELLER, GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND GENESI
Reference (Deposit): OF SELECTED FIRE CLAYS FROM LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO. NEW YORK
Reference (Deposit): EIGHTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLAYS AND CLAY MINERALS,
Reference (Deposit): PERGAMON PRESS, 1960, 61 PP.
Reference (Deposit): STAFF. POTENTIAL SOURCES OF ALUMINUM. U.S. BUMINES INF.
Reference (Deposit): CIRC. 8335, 1967, 148 PP.
Reference (Deposit): STAMPER, J.W. ALUMINIUM. U.S. BUMINES BULL. 650, MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): FACTS AND PROBLEMS, 1970, PP. 436-462.
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO BUR MINES GEO. PAMPHLET # 109, 1956, HUBBARD
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