Mine detail: Natural Arch Bentonite

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Location: Box Elder County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.68964, -113.10056
dep_id: 10015590
mrds_id: DB01616
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bentonite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
alteration: Argillic
conc_proc: Weathering
ore_ctrl: Volcanic Rock
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Rhyodacitic Welded Tuff
hrock_type: Welded Tuff,Dacite
arock_unit: Rhyodacitic Welded Tuff
arock_type: Welded Tuff,Dacite
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: STIFEL, P. B., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF THE TERRACE AND HOGUP MTS.: UNIV. OF UTAH PH.D. THESI
  • Deposit:: 1964 GEOLMAP STIFEL, UNIV. OF UTAH, PH.D THESI
  • Reserve-Resource:: DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION
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