Bahia De Adair

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Sodium, Cobalt, Halite

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10048837
MRDS ID	MX00005
Record type	Site
Current site name	Bahia De Adair
Related records	10206366

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-113.80076, 31.58345 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	2000(meters)
Relative position	NEAR PUERTO PENASCO., Estimated Location, Believed To Be To Nearest Minute.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quitobaquito Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lukeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Mexico	Sonora

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sodium	Primary
Cobalt Critical	Primary
Halite	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

THE TRONA IS CRYSTALLINE.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Halite	Ore
Trona	Ore
Clay	Gangue
Feldspar	Gangue
Mica	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	ANALYSIS: 40% TRONA, 50% HALITE, 10% NA SULFATES AND BICARBONATES.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-113.80076, 31.58345	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Thickness 0.08M

Length 1000M

Width 400M

Thickness	0.08M
Length	1000M
Width	400M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Both
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	San Luis

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00005

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P.
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, P. 27-28.
Other Database

CIMRI
Reserve-Resource

GONZALEZ, 1985.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THE TRONA IS SURROUNDED BY AND LIES UPON SAND DUNES. THE DEPOSIT IS APPROXIMATELY 1 KM X 400 M X 80 CM.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-87	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-APR-93	Orris, Greta J.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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