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Benson Deposit

Occurrence in Cochise county in Arizona, United States with commodities Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10060146
MRDS ID TC10103
Record type Site
Current site name Benson Deposit
Related records 10112906

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.29373, 31.93791 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MI S OF BENSON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Benson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Huachuca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Cochise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 017S 020E 20,21,22 Arizona

Comments on the location information

  • USED SW 1/4 SEC. 22 TO DETERMINE LAT/LONG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Gypsum Ore
Selenite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRADE PROBABLY POOR AND EXTENT LIMITED.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 261
USGS model code 35b.4 (35b.9)
Deposit model name Lacustrine gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.29373, 31.93791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEITH, S.B., 1969, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE, IN ARIZONA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 380.

  • Deposit

    STONE, R.W., AND OTHERS, 1920, GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 697, 326 P.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERAL CARD FILES.

  • Deposit

    PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GYPSUM LENSES AND AGGREGATES OF SMALL, PLATY SELENITE IN RED BENTONITE CLAY OCCUR BELOW COARSE CENOZOIC SANDSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1989 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Arizona resources

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