Balch Bentonite

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237890
MAS/MILS ID 0060710775
Record type Site
Current site name Balch Bentonite
Alternate or previous names Belch Bentonite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.80334, 35.14001 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 012 N 011 E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.80334, 35.14001

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    P. 136.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.