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Butterfield Bentonite Mine

Producer in San Juan 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089478
MRDS ID W027035
Record type Site
Current site name Butterfield Bentonite Mine
Related records 10227609

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.08289, 37.16168 (WGS84)
Elevation 1475
Relative position APPROXIMATLY 2.1 MILES WEST OF THE UTAH - COLORADO BORDER, 12.4 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE RED SHIRT RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peters Nipple(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower San Juan-Four Corners(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 042S 026E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SW 1/4, NE 1/4, SE 1/4, SEC. 5

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
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.08289, 37.16168
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 4 1/2 DEG SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 304.8M
    Depth to top 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.701HA
    Overall length 182.88M
    Overall width 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    TRIMBLE L. M., 1977

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Trimble, Larry M. Bureau of Land Management

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