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Benson Clay Deposit

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Bentonite, Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112906
MRDS ID TC10103
MAS/MILS ID 0040030706
Record type Site
Current site name Benson Clay Deposit
Related records 10060146

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.32347, 31.94203 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017 S 020 E 20 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Tertiary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.32347, 31.94203
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADDNL PART OF DEPOSIT IN T175 R20E SEC 21

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI E A 1978 ARIZ INDUSTRIAL MINERALS P 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-83 ADMR U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Arizona resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.