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Unnamed Bentonite Outcrops

Prospect 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001248
MRDS ID TC00233
Record type District
Current site name Unnamed Bentonite Outcrops

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.31457, 36.47782 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT-LONG IS TAKEN FROM BLUE CLAY HILL WHICH IS A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR THE REGION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Apache(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bad Bug Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon De Chelly(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Shiprock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chinle(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Arizona Apache

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Chinle Formation
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIERSCH, G.A., 1955, MINERAL RESOURCES NAVAJO-HOPI RESERVATIONS, ARIZONA-UTAH, VOL. II, U OF A, P. 31.

  • Deposit

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

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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