A bentonite occurrence located in the SE¼ sec. 7 & in secs. 8 & 18, T21N, R16E, G&SRM, 22.9 km (14.2 miles) N of Winslow.

Mineralization is bentonite clay hosted in Late Triassic clay and mud of the Chinle Formation and clastic sedimentary rock. Local rocks include rocks of the Chinle Formation.

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ⓘ Bentonite

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10234421

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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Holbrook BasinBasin

USA

Arizona & Utah
- Apache; Navajo and San Juan Cos.
  - Colorado Plateau
    - Hopi-Navajo Indian Reservations
Colorado PlateauPlateau
⭔Navajo Nation Indian ReservationReservation
New Mexico
- San Juan County
  - ⭔Navajo Nation ReservationReservation

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References

Arizona Department of Mineral Resources Industrial Minerals. Report: 46.

USGS MRDS ID #TC00240.

Kiersch, G.A. (1955), Mineral resources Navajo-Hopi Indian reservations, Arizona-Utah, Vol. II, University of Arizona: 25.

Phillips, K.A. (1987), Arizona Industrial Minerals, 2nd. Edition, Arizona Department of Mines & Minerals Mineral Report 4, 185 pp.: 46.

Peirce, H. Wesley (1990), Arizona Geological Survey Industrial Minerals card file.

U.S. Bureau of Mines (1995), Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), U.S. Bureau of Mines, file ID #0040170106.

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

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