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Vallecitos Clay Mine

Producer in San Benito county in California, 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231626
MRDS ID W024692
MAS/MILS ID 0060690093
Record type Site
Current site name Vallecitos Clay Mine
Related records 10077215

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.76069, 36.44934 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Benito(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hernandez Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coalinga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Monterey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panoche-San Luis Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Benito

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017 S 011 E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.76069, 36.44934
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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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY IS BENTONITE; LOCATION IS VERY APRROXIMATE; USBM

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 176, P. 139

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-FEB-91 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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Authoritative California resources

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