American Mud and Chemical

The American Mud and Chemical is a bentonite mine located in Garfield county, Utah at an elevation of 6,240 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: American Mud and Chemical

Commodity

Primary: Bentonite
Tertiary: Subbituminous

Location

State: Utah
County: Garfield
District: Alton Coal Field/Cannonville

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Owner Name: Byron Davies

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah
Physiographic Detail: Tropic Amphitheater

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR/BLANKET

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 80 - 105 BBLS. OF GEL/TON
Analytical Data: PLASTIC, ATTERBURG EQUALS 90 , PERCENT DRY SHRINKAGE EQUALS 19 , HARD WORKING, STICKY, WARPS AND CRACKS

Materials

Ore: Bentonite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): IN-PLACE

Comment (Commodity): STEAM

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THIN COAL BEDS, 1 - 2 FEET, MOSTLY DISCONTINUOUS, IN-PLACE

Comment (Development): L30 COAL BY GEOLOGIC INFERENCE ; MILL.CAP: 120 TPY ; ECON.YEAR: 1960 ; ECON.COM: CLOSED 1960

Comment (Deposit): COAL BEDS ABOVE CLAY ARE THIN AND DISCONTINOUS.

Comment (Workings): RIM STRIPPING

Comment (Location): ALSO SECTIONS 23 , 24 , AND 25

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBISON, R. A., 1966 , GEOLOGY AND COAL RESOURCES OF THE TROPIC AREA, GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY SPEC. STUDIES 18 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1972 , SOUTHWESTERN UTAH COAL FIELDS: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY MONO. 1 , P. 43 - 45 .

Reference (Deposit): OLSEN AND WILLIAMS, 1960 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FIVE COUNTY AREA, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH: UTAH ST. UNIVERSITY, UTAH RES. SERIES - 8 .

Reference (Deposit): DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 107 .

Reference (Deposit): 1960 RECON UTAH STATE UNIV., UTAH RES. SERIES 8

Reference (Deposit): 1966 RECON UGMS

Reference (Production): DOELLING, H. H., 1975

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , P. 151 - 152

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