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Lyles Hectorite Mine

Producer in Yavapai 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110072
MRDS ID TC10273
Record type Site
Current site name Lyles Hectorite Mine
Alternate or previous names Lyles Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.84215, 34.48283 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI EAST OF YAVA, AZ.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yavapai(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bismarck Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bradshaw Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Prescott(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Maria(hydrologic unit)

Bill Williams(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Yavapai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 013N 006W 12,11 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • IN THOMPSON VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Hectorite Ore
Montmorillonite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Travertine Gangue

Analytical data

Result CLAY CONTAINS LI AND MG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) Late to middle Miocene basaltic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASALT OVERLIES CENOZOIC LAKE BEDS. A TRAVERTINE MASS CROPS OUT ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Joseph Lyles (Yarnell, Arizona)
Year of first production 1986

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gsa Resources, Inc.
    First year 1990

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE E.T. TURLEY OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA; JAMES STEWART CO. OF PHOENIX. (1960'S). GSA RESOURCES ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY IN 1982. ; ECON.COM: ONE OF 3 HECTORITE PRODUCERS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS": ARIZONA DMR, MINERAL REPORT NO. 1, 70 P.

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1969, "CLAY", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 329-330.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1989, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS--1989-90: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    EYDE, TED, WILKINSON, P.A.K., AND WEILAND, E.F., 1986, FIELD TRIP TO SELECTED INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA, IN BEATTY, BARBARA, AND WILKINSON, P.A.K., EDS., FRONTIERS IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. XVI, P. 312-318.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD TC35437 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S
Deposit HECTORITE DEPOSIT IS INTERBEDDED WITHIN A SECTION OF LACUSTRINE CLAYS AT LEAST 70 FT THICK, WHICH IS OVERLAIN BY A 1-2 FT THICK BED OF VITRIC TUFF ZEOLITICALLY ALTERED TO PHILLIPSITE. A SECOND BED OF ALTERED VITRIC TUFF (CLINOPTILOLITE) OCCURS BELOW THE HECTORITE BED. THE HECTORITE IS IMMEDIATELY OVER- AND UNDERLAIN BY HIGH ALUMINA SMECTITES. WHEN FRESHLY MINED, THE HECTORITE RANGES FROM A TRANSLUCENT WAXY WHITE TO A LIGHT YELLOWISH WHITE COLOR; RESEMBLING WHITE CANDLE WAX. THE HECTORITE HORIZON CONTAINS LARGE CONCRETIONS OF CHALCEDONY AND DOLOMITE. THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO HAVE FORMED WHEN THERMAL SPRING WATERS RICH IN MAGNESIUM WERE INTRODUCED INTO THE NORMAL HIGH ALUMINA SMECTITE IN THE LACUSTRINE BEDS-- THUS THE HECTORITE BED ACTUALLY MAY BE THE RESULT OF MAGNESIUM METASOMATISM OF A HIGH ALUMINA SMECTITE CLAY. THE SILICA AND DOLOMITE CONCRETIONS MAY INDICATE THE MIGRATION OF THERMAL WATERS THROUGH THE HECTORITE BED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 19-SEP-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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