Commodities
PrimaryBentonite
Commodity typeN
Geology
Host rockLatite · Bidahochi Formation
StructureDefiance Uplift
AlterationAltered Vitric Latite Ash
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1924
Identification
Deposit ID10105110
MRDS IDTC10269
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.19561, -109.23288
References
ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1978, "ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS": ARIZONA DMR, MINERAL REPORT NO. 2, 70 P.TOLAPAI SPRING, ARIZONA 7.5 MINUTE QUADPATTERSON, S.H., 1969, "CLAY", IN ABM BULLETIN 180, USGS BULLETIN 871, P. 329.PEIRCE, H.W., 1990, ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INDUSTRIAL MINERALS CARD FILE.PHILLIPS, K.A., 1987, ARIZONA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL REPORT 4, 185 P.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.CIMRIEYDE AND EYDE, 1987.