Ibex-Bentonite

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Bentonite
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187961
MAS/MILS ID 0060270789
Record type Site
Current site name Ibex-Bentonite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.31056, 35.86529 (WGS84)
Elevation 451
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ibex Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 020 N 006 E 02 SWNW California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SEC. 3. INYO COUNTY CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.31056, 35.86529

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pfizer, Inc.
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLM GEM CDCA DATA BASE, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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)

StatusIntermittent since 10/01/2017
MSHA mine ID0405351
Mine name (MSHA)IBEX BENTONITE
Current operatorProtech Minerals, LLC
Current controller (parent)Pressed Down, Inc; Terry Suzuki
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (315 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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Authoritative California resources

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