Mine detail: Foot of Echo Cliffs Area Bentonite

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Location

Lat / long:

36.8175, -111.6313

Resource(N)

Primary:	Bentonite
Ore:	Bentonite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Chinle Formation
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock

References

MRDS	TC00238
DEP	10056431
Reference	{Deposit:: KIERSCH, G.A., 1955, MINERAL RESOURCES NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RESERVATIONS, ARIZONA-UTAH, VOL. II, PP31, 34.}{Deposit:: PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.}{Deposit:: PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}
Reporter	Wells, Tina M. (Orris, Greta J.), Carbonaro, Marguerite M.