Idaho · Latah County
Past Producer

Olson and Stanford Hi-Al Clay

Latah County, Idaho, United States
AluminumTitaniumSilicaIronWaterFree
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Commodities
TertiaryAluminum, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Water, Free
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsIlmenite, Kaolinite, Limonite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1909
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10168857
MRDS IDW015909
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.77846, -116.63823
References
ANDERSON, A.L., 1929, PAPER CLAY POSSIBILITIES OF LATAH COUNTY, ID: UNIV. OF IDAHO THESIS.HITE, T.H., 1930, THE ORIGIN OF CERTAIN CLAY DEPOSITS IN LATAH COUNTY IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO THESIS.HOSTERMAN, J.W., V.E. SCHEID, V.T. ALLEN, AND I.G. SOHN, 1960, INVESTIGATIONS OF SOME CLAY DEPOSITS IN WASHINGTON AND IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLetin 1091, 147 P.HUBBARD, C.R. 1956, CLAY DEPOSITS OF NORTH IDAHO: IDAHO BUReau of MINEs AND GEOLogy, PAMPHLET 109, 36 P.Hubbard, C.R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLogy, COUNTY REPorT 2, P. 16-18.KIRKHAM, V. R. D., AND JOHNSON, M.M., 1929, THE LATAH FORMATION: JOURnal OF GEOLogy, VOL. 37.MIHELICH, MIRO, 1950, HIGH ALUMINA CLAY--THE OLSON DEPOSIT: UNIV OF IDAHO THESiS.PARDEE, J.T., AND BRYAN, KIRK, 1926, THE GEOLOGY OF THE LATAH FORM IN RELATION TO THE LAVAS OF THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU NEAR SPOKANE, WASH.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFessional PAPER 140-A.PRATER, L.S., BENEFICATION TESTS ON LATAH COUNTY CLAYS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 66, 1943.SCHEID, V.E., 1940, CLAY RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO THESiS.SCHEID, V.E., AND HOSTERMAN, J.W., 1953, GEOLOGIC SETTING OF THE Clay DEPOSITS OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO, AND ADJACENT AREAS: U.S. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 53-232, 15 p.. [superseded by B-1091]SCHEID, V.E., HOSTERMAN, J.W., AND SOHN, I.G., 1954, STANFORD CLAY DEPOSIT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 54-273, 27 p.SCHEID, V.E., HOSTERMAN, J.S., AND SOHN, I.G., 1954, OLSON HIGH-ALUMINA AND HIGH-IRON CLAY DEPOSITS, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT 54-272, 25 p.SWEET, A.T., AND G.D. GARDNER. ELIMINATION OF IRON IN AMMONI SULFATE PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF ALUMINA FROM CLAY. BUMI REPT. OF INV. 4183, 1948, 13 PP.TULLIS, E.L., 1944, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF LATAH COUNTY: GEOLogical SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, VOL. 55, no. 2, PP. 131-164.