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Bennett-Clark Pit

Past Producer in Angelina county in Texas, United States with commodity Bentonite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062902
MRDS ID TC36501
Record type Site
Current site name Bennett-Clark Pit
Related records 10300140

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -94.42299, 31.0441 (WGS84)
Elevation 51
Relative position 3 MI S14E OF DOLAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Angelina(county)

Texas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lufkin(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Palestine(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Neches(hydrologic unit)

Neches(hydrologic accounting unit)

Neches(hydrologic subregion)

Texas-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Forests in Texas(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Texas Angelina

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FILTERING, DECOLORIZING, NATURALLY ACTIVATED CLAY. FOR BLEACH TESTS SEE B928-C P. 151.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 189
USGS model code 28e
Deposit model name Sedimentary bentonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Jackson Group;Catahoula
    Rock description Jackson Gp;Catahoula
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -94.42299, 31.0441
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Zavalla-Lufkin

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bennett-Clark Co. Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 365.76M
    Overall width 304.8M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROCESSED AT NACOGDOCHES PLANT FROM 1935. PREVIOUSLY PROCESSED AT BROWNDELL (JASPER CO.) AND SOLD AS "NACOGDOCHES FULLERS EARTH".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TEXAS BEG R154, P. 46-47

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Long, K.R. U.S. Geological Survey

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