El Cementario

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Quartz
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023563
MRDS ID I000681
Record type Site
Current site name El Cementario
Alternate or previous names Tetuachi Quartz Deposit
Related records 10133045

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.11732, 30.20018 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 12 KM SSW OF ARIZPE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN THE EXTREM EAST OF THE TETUACHI AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CONTAINS >95% SIO2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.11732, 30.20018

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ S., J.R., 1985, RECURSOS MINERALES NO METALICOS Y ROCAS INDUSTRIALES DEL ESTADO DE SONORA: HERMOSILLO, SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA Y ENERGETICOS, 44 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GONZALEZ, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 QUARTZ VEINS, THE LARGEST IS 18 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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