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Cheto Section 16 Mine, Sanders, Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District), Apache County, Arizona, USAi
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Cheto Section 16 MineMine
SandersCensus-designated Place
Sanders-Defiance Plateau area (Sanders-Cheto District)Area
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 12' North , 109° 15' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
35.20000,-109.25000
GeoHash:
G#: 9w621zywf
GRN:
N24W64
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Sanders630 (2011)7.8km
Houck1,024 (2011)10.0km
Wide Ruins176 (2011)33.1km
Zuni Pueblo6,302 (2011)39.0km
Klagetoh242 (2011)42.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
72254
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:72254:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A bentonite deposit/mine located in sec. 16, T21N, R29E, G&SRM, 7.8 km (4.9 miles) ESE of Sanders. The Engelhard Corporation held the Arizona state mineral lease on this section. Part of the same deposit as the Cheto No. 1 and No. 2 mines.

Mineralization is hosted in Pliocene silt and lake sediments of the Padre Miguel group.

Regional geologic features include the Defiance Uplift.

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References

Eyde, T.H., and Eyde, D.T. (1987), Bentonite and specialty sand deposits in the Bidahochi formation, Apache County, Arizona, in: Peirce, H.W., editor, Proceedings of the 21st Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals: Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geological Survey Branch Special Paper 4: 123-127.
Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources (1989), Directory of active mines in Arizona, incorporating sand and gravel operations 1989-1990, Arizona Department of Mines & Mineral Resources Directory 36, 14 pp.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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