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Northern Bentonite Pit

Past Producer in Sanpete county in Utah, United States with commodity Bentonite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042329
MRDS ID M058933
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Bentonite Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.86633, 39.06996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1556
Relative position 8,000 FT N 89 W OF OLSEN SLOUGH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanpete(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redmond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Manti(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Price(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sanpete

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 020S 001W 13 SW OF SE OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TWO TYPES OF CLAY OCCUR IN THE AREA: POROUS TUFFACEOUS CLAY AND A FINE-GRAINED RELATIVELY DENSE CLAY. THE POROUS CLAY CONTAINS SMALL PARTICLES OF QUARTZ, BIOTITE AND MUSCOVITE MICA AND SHARDS OF FINE-GRAINED GLASSY MATERIAL. IT BREAKS INTO ROUGH BLOCKS. IT IS PROBABLY UNSUITABLE FOR HEAVY CLAY PRODUCTS OR BLOATED AGGREGATE. THE FINE GRAINED, DENSE CLAY IS THIN-BEDDED, LIGHT-GRAY, HAS A CONCHOIDAL FRACTURE AND OCCURS IN BEDS SELDOM EXCEEDING 18 INCHES. HEAVY CLAY PRODUCTS COULD PROBABLY BE PRODUCED FROM THIS CLAY BY GROGGING OR MIXING WITH LOW-SHRINKAGE CLAYS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Analytical data

Result TUFFACEOUS CLAY: TOTAL COMBINED DRY AND FIRED LINEAR SHRINKAGE= 35%
Result BLOATED AT 2,200 DEGREES F AND FUSED TO SLAG AT 2,300 DEGREES F
Result IT HAS A SHORT BLOATING RANGE. DENSE CLAY: WHEN FIXED FROM 2,100 TO 2,300 F LITTLE OR NO ABSORPTION
Result FIRED LINEAR SHRINKAGE RANGED FROM 17 TO 19%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Twelve Mile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
    Rock description Twelve Mile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.86633, 39.06996
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Redmond Hills Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 15-20E
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 4827.9M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Redmond Hills Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Redmond Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.836HA
    Overall length 100M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SMALL, SHALLOW PIT

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY A MAN IN AXTELL, OCCASIONALLY LEASES THE PROPERTY, WESTERN CLAY EXAMINED THE PROPERTY RECENTLY

Reference information

Bibliographic 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SERIES OF INTERBEDDED SANDSTONES AND CLAYS ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET THICK, A PART OF THE SECTION THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY CLAY IS AT LEAST 50 FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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