Quapaw Pit & Benton Plant

Past Producer in Saline county in Arkansas, United States with commodities Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  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. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163141
MAS/MILS ID 0051250009
Record type Site
Current site name Quapaw Pit & Benton Plant
Alternate or previous names Benton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -92.59326, 33.54344 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calhoun(county)

Arkansas(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woodberry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Camden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Dorado(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ouachita-Smackover(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ouachita(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Red-Ouachita(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Mississippi(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arkansas Saline

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5th Principal 002 S 015 W 21 NE Arkansas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -92.59326, 33.54344

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Cyanamid Co.
    ID 300261
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD TABS

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 6-80

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION IS DATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-1996 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) 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)

StatusActive since 10/15/2021
MSHA mine ID0300261
Mine name (MSHA)U.S. Vanadium - Benton, LLC
Current operatorUS Vanadium - Benton, LLC
Current controller (parent)US Vanadium Holding Company, LLC
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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