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Cheto Section 16 Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110109
MRDS ID TC35404
Record type Site
Current site name Cheto Section 16 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.26399, 35.21366 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES E OF SANDERS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sanders(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 16 Arizona

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Bidahochi Formation
    Rock description Bidahochi Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.26399, 35.21366
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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 Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ENGELHARD CORPORATION HOLDS ARIZONA STATE MINERAL LEASE ON THIS SECTION. ; ECON.COM: NAVAJO TRIBE MAY NOT ALLOW ACCESS TO MINERAL PROPERTIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, 1989, DIRECTORY OF ACTIVE MINES IN ARIZONA, INCORPORATING SAND AND GRAVEL OPERATIONS-1989-1990: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES DIRECTORY, 14 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF SAME DEPOSIT AS CHETO NO. 1 AND NO. 2 MINES.
Deposit ARIZONA STATE MINERAL LAND LEASE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-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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