Kaycee Clay Mine

Producer in Natrona county in Wyoming, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10230733
MAS/MILS ID 0560250206
Record type Site
Current site name Kaycee Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names Kaycee Casper Mill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.32284, 42.86995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Natrona(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casper(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Casper(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle North Platte-Casper(hydrologic unit)

North Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

North Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Natrona

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 034 N 079 W 33 Wyoming

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.32284, 42.86995

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Kaycee Bentonite Co.
    ID 4800243
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REVISED BY MILS 9/79

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 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 07/04/1976
MSHA mine ID4800243
Mine name (MSHA)Casper Plant
Current operatorBlack Hills Bentonite-A Limited Liability Co
Current controller (parent)BHB Limited Partnership; A&M Products
Mine typeFacility (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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External references