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Bentonite from
Round Rock Mesa Clay deposit, Round Rock, Apache County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Mesa
Classification
Type:Bentonite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bentonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Round Rock Mesa Clay deposit, Round Rock, Apache County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:316018
Long-form Identifier:1:3:316018:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bentonite
22.9km (14.2 miles) ⓘLukachuki Creek Clay deposit, Apache County, Arizona, USA
85.2km (53.0 miles) ⓘButterfield Bentonite Mine, San Juan County, Utah, USA
89.7km (55.7 miles) ⓘSkeleton Mesa Bentonite deposit, Skeleton Mesa, Nakai Mesa Mining District, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
References
Phillips, Ken A. (1987) Arizona Industrial Minerals - Mineral Report 4 (2nd ed.). Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources. 197pp.
Peirce, H.W. (1990), AZ Geol. Sur. Industrial Minerals card file.
 
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