Matamoros

Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodity Strontium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10023353
MRDS ID	I000235
Record type	Site
Current site name	Matamoros
Related records	10182511

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-103.25044, 25.5337 (WGS84)
Relative position	MINE IS BELIEVED TO BE NORTHEAST OF TORREON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Mexico	Coahuila De Zaragoza

Comments on the location information

LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF MATAMOROS DE LA LAGUNA.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Strontium	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

CELESTITE IS USUALLY WHITE, MEDIUM- TO COARSE-GRAINED, AND OCCURS AS ANHEDRAL, EQUANT CRYSTALS UP TO 0.75 INCHES LONG.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Celestite	Ore
Calcite	Gangue
Fluorite	Gangue
Gypsum	Gangue
Sulfur	Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	249
USGS model code	35a.1
Deposit model name	Bedded celestite

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-103.25044, 25.5337	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

DEPOSIT IS OFFSHORE OF THE E. CRET. SHORELINE AS REPRESENTED BY THE COAHUILA PENINSULA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	I000235

Bibliographic references

Deposit

HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1991, CELESTITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 49-51
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	AT MATAMOROS, CELESTITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLIER CALCITE. GYPSUM OCCURS AS A SECONDARY CAVITY-FILLING MATERIAL, COMMONLY DISCONFORMABLE WITH THE CELESTITE-BEARING STRATA. THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS ANGULAR BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE, 1" TO 3 FT IN DIAMETER, THAT ARE RIMMED BY RADIALLY ORIENTED CALCITE CRYSTALS SEPARATING THE LIMESTONE FROM THE CELESTITE. THE DEPOSIT ALSO CONTAINS CHERT NODULES AND HAS PRESERVED CROSSBEDDING; THESE CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE LIMESTONE BLOCKS ARE THOUGHT TO INDICATE REPLACEMENT.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

AT MATAMOROS, CELESTITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLIER CALCITE. GYPSUM OCCURS AS A SECONDARY CAVITY-FILLING MATERIAL, COMMONLY DISCONFORMABLE WITH THE CELESTITE-BEARING STRATA. THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS ANGULAR BLOCKS OF LIMESTONE, 1" TO 3 FT IN DIAMETER, THAT ARE RIMMED BY RADIALLY ORIENTED CALCITE CRYSTALS SEPARATING THE LIMESTONE FROM THE CELESTITE. THE DEPOSIT ALSO CONTAINS CHERT NODULES AND HAS PRESERVED CROSSBEDDING; THESE CHARACTERISTICS WITH THE LIMESTONE BLOCKS ARE THOUGHT TO INDICATE REPLACEMENT.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-1991	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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