Commodities
PrimaryBentonite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlRedmond Hills Anticline
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Twelvemile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
StructureGunnison Plateau Syncline, Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline, Redmond Hills Anticline
Tectonic settingWasatch Plateau
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10042330
MRDS IDM058935
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.05913, -111.8716
References
VAN SANT, J.N., 1964, REFRACTORY CLAY DEPOSITS OF UTAH: USBM IC-8213, P. 93-96.UGMS, USGS, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73, P. 157-161.PRATT, A.R. AND CALLAHAN, E., 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, P. 50-53.WITKIND, I.J., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REDMOND QUADRANGLE, SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-1304-A.BOSSHARDT, N., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.TRIPP, B., 1985, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.