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Bentonite Quarry

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Bentonite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062528
MRDS ID TC36024
Record type Site
Current site name Bentonite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.27309, 32.61345 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hockett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR WESTERN BOUNDARY OF DONA ANA COUNTY AND 3 MI N OF HIGHWAY TO DEMING.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROCESSED AT HATCH FOR DRILLING MUD, 1 TON OF BENTONITE YIELDED 60 BARRELS OF 15 CENTIPOSE VISCOSITY DRILLING MUD; ALSO HAS EXCELLENT OIL-BLEACHING PROPERTIES AFTER ACID TREATMENT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Santa Fe Group
    Rock description Santa Fe Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SCALE MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., AND HOLMES, R.W., 1977, CLAYS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 312-322

  • Production

    PATTERSON AND HOLMES (1977).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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