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Quetzalapa

Producer in Guerrero, Mexico with commodities Dolomite, Limestone, General
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023365
MRDS ID I000251
Record type Site
Current site name Quetzalapa

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.35032, 18.30068 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 KM FROM HUITZUCO, EAST OF IGUALA., Estimated Location, Believed To Be Within 2 Km Of True Location.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guerrero

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF HUITZUCO DE LOS FIGUEROA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Dolomite Primary
Limestone, General Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.35032, 18.30068
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minerales No Metalicos De Guerrero (Owned By Guerrero State Gov'T)

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THE GRINDING PLANT AT HUITZUCO IS 2 KM FROM THE MINE. AVERAGE PRODUCTION IS 78,000 TPA DOLOMITE OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY HALF IS CALCINED. SUPPLIES THE SICARTSA STEEL PLAN AT LAZARO CARDINAS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.

  • Deposit

    WHITE, LANE, 1980, MINING IN MEXICO: FEEDING NEEDED RAW MATERIALS TO A RAPIDLY EXPANDING ECONOMY: ENGINEERING MINING JOURNAL, V. 181, NO. 11, P. 62-194.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GRIFFITHS, 1988; WHITE, 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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