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Lupton Bentonitic Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Apache county in Arizona, United States with commodity Bentonite
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Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064481
MRDS ID TC38862
Record type Site
Current site name Lupton Bentonitic Clay Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.13677, 35.26255 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est +/- 0.6 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Houck(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sanders(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 022N 030E 35 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF LUPTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Chinle Formation
    Rock description Chinle Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Chinle Formation
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-93 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-95 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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