Piedras Negras

Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodity Strontium
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024166
MRDS ID I010004
Record type Site
Current site name Piedras Negras

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.11709, 27.00033 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Celestite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Aurora Formation
    Rock description Aurora Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -102.11709, 27.00033

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 0 (HORIZONTAL)
    Thickness 2M
    Length 2000M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paila-Alamitos

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania Minera La Valenciana S.A.
    First year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 155000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Strontium SrSO4 90 wt-pct Strontium Major 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1993, MONOGRAFIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE COAHUILA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION M-9E, 154 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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