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Big Six Mine

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060267
MRDS ID TC10267
Record type Site
Current site name Big Six Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.404, 35.24977 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chambers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sanders(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021N 028E 6 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bentonite In Altered Tuff

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Bidahochi Formation
    Rock description Bidahochi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.404, 35.24977
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sanders-Cheto Mining District

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY STRIP MINING METHODS. THICK OVERBURDEN HAS MADE STRIP MINING LESS FAVORABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA MINERALS": ARIZONA DMR, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, 70 P.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1969, "CLAY", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 329.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENTONITE IN ALTERED TUFF. RANGES IN THICKNESS FROM 3-5 FT UP TO 9 FT. BENTONITE IS CHIEFLY CALCIUM MONTMORILLONITE AND CONTAINS ONLY MINOR QUANTITIES OF QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR IMPURITIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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