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Allentown Mine

Past Producer in Apache county in Arizona, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105110
MRDS ID TC10269
Record type Site
Current site name Allentown Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.23288, 35.19561 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tolapai Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sanders(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Puerco(hydrologic unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Little Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Gila and Salt River 021N 029E 25,26 NW Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE BENTONITE IS NEARLY PURE CALCIUM MONMORILLONITE WITH A HIGH CRYSTALLINITY AND A LARGE SURFACE AREA THAT PRODUCES EXTRAORDINARY SORPTIVE PROPERTIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered Vitric Latite Ash

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Bidahochi Formation
    Rock description Bidahochi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.23288, 35.19561
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Defiance Uplift

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1924

Mining district

District name Sanders-Cheto Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION IN THE PAST.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IN 1987, AVERAGE OVERBURDEN OF THE MINED DEPOSITS WAS NEARLY 100 FT AND STRIPPING COSTS WERE HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS": ARIZONA DMR, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, 70 P.

  • Deposit

    TOLAPAI SPRING, ARIZONA 7.5 MINUTE QUAD

  • Deposit

    PATTERSON, S.H., 1969, "CLAY", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 329.

  • Deposit

    PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    EYDE, T.H., AND EYDE, D.T., 1987, BENTONITE AND SPECIALTY SAND DEPOSITS IN THE BIDAHOCHI FORMATION, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, IN PEIRCE, H.W., ED., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST FORUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL TECHNOLOGY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BRANCH SPECIAL PAPER 4, P. 123-127.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    EYDE AND EYDE, 1987.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 FT THICK BENTONITE BED. BENTONITE IS CHIEFLY CALCIUM MONTMORILLONITE AND CONTAINS ONLY MINOR QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR IMPURITIES. ALTERATION PRODUCT OF VITRIC ASH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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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