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Aurora Bentonite Pit

Past Producer in Sevier county in Utah, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10015387
MRDS ID DB00976
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora Bentonite Pit
Related records 10179383

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.95245, 38.93829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NW OF AURORA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sevier(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aurora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salina(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Sevier(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Sevier

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 021S 001W 31 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SEC. SUB.: NW 1/4 , SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SEC. 31 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Ash To Montmorillonitic Clay.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Volcanic Ash In Arapien Shale
    Rock description Volcanic Ash In Arapien Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Arapien Shale
    Rock description Arapien Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.95245, 38.93829
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 82.02M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shallow Marine Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.151HA
    Overall length 60M
    Overall width 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOLLAR, R. S., 1978 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Dollar, Robert S. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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