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Ben-Jel Bentonite Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078749
MRDS ID W027354
Record type Site
Current site name Ben-Jel Bentonite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.35346, 42.97905 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 14 MI. W. OF GRANDVIEW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rough Mountain NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 001E 20 Idaho

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 > Mudstone > Bentonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Bentonite
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Bentonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.35346, 42.97905
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Dip E
    Thickness 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1956

Mining district

District name Castle Creek Dist.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. H. Bennett
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. N. Bennett

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SWELLING VARIETY - DRILLING MUD IN 1957.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 213.36M
    Overall width 152.4M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: EASILY EXTRACTED WITH FRONT END LOADER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965 , VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135 , P. 136 - 139

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955 , BEN-JEL MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1975 , IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 49

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 135

  • Production

    ASHER, R. R., 1965 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135 , P. 136 - 139

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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