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Bentonite Occurrence

Occurrence in Clark county in Idaho, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072042
MRDS ID W015860
Record type Site
Current site name Bentonite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.5625, 44.1347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 2.75 MI WSW OF WINSPER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lidy Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Medicine Lodge(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

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

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009N 033E 3 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PLOT IS AN APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF CENTER OF THE TEXAS DISTRICT
  • .5 MI NW OF LIDY HOT SPRINGS AND 1 MI N OF STATE HIGHWAY 22 ; PLOT APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Clay
    Rock description Clay

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.5625, 44.1347
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG E
    Thickness 10.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGH CALCIUM CARBONATE CONTENT; BENTONITE UNDERLIES LIMESTONE; CLAYS DERIVED FROM ALTERATION OF VOLCANIC ASH IN PLACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Winsper Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL VALUE ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN $2,000,000 - $2,500,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT AND LOADING PLATFORM

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: BENTONITE IMPURE, BUT MOST OF IT MARL OR HIGHLY CALCAREOUS SILT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, 150 P

  • Deposit

    1965 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-01-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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