Mine detail: Northern Bentonite Pit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.06996, -111.86633

Resource(N)

Primary: Bentonite
Ore: Bentonite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Twelve Mile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline, Redmond Hills Anticline
Tectonic:Wasatch Plateau

References

MRDSM058933
DEP10042329
Reference{Deposit:: VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8213, P. 93-96.}{Deposit:: UGMS, USGS, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73, P. 157-161.}{Deposit:: PRATT, A.R. AND CALLAHAN, E., 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, P. 50-53.}{Deposit:: WITKIND, I.J., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REDMOND QUADRANGLE, SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-1304-A.}{Deposit:: BOSSHARDT, N., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: TRIPP, B., 1985, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.