Durande Mine

Producer in Johnson county in Wyoming, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133124
MAS/MILS ID 0560190064
Record type Site
Current site name Durande Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.79347, 43.64684 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Johnson(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Fork Powder River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kaycee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Arminto(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Powder(hydrologic unit)

Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Powder-Tongue(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Johnson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 043 N 083 W 34 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.79347, 43.64684

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Benton Clay Co.
    ID 4800970
    Home office Wyoming
    Year 1978

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1978 Reynolds U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/01/1985
MSHA mine ID4800970
Mine name (MSHA)Kaycee/Brock Mines
Current operatorKaycee Bentonite Corp
Current controller (parent)T A Thorson
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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