Mine detail: Redmond Clay and Salt-Bentonite Pit

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Location: Sanpete County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.05913, -111.8716
dep_id: 10042330
mrds_id: M058935
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bentonite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bentonite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Redmond Hills Anticline
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Twelvemile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline, Redmond Hills Anticline
tectonic: Wasatch Plateau
References:
  • 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.
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