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El Manzano

Past Producer in Baja California, Mexico with commodities Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048921
MRDS ID MX00102
Record type Site
Current site name El Manzano

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.61746, 30.28348 (WGS84)
Relative position 27 KM NNE (ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE) OF THE TOWN OF ROSARIO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Baja California

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 1 MINUTE. GOMEZ (1961): 30-14- N, AND 115-30- W. DUTTON (1955): 30-15- N, 115-45- W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur Secondary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 62-63% FE, 0.07-0.09% P, 0.11-0.15% S, (DUTTON, 1955).

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.61746, 30.28348
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREDOMINANTLY VOLCANIC AND RELATED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF EUGEOSYNCLINAL ORIGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name /Rosario

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 5968000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 63 wt-pct Iron Major 1961
    Sulfur S 0.16 wt-pct Sulfur Minor 1961
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.09 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1: PROVEN RESERVES. ITEM 2: PROBABLE RESERVES. ITEM 3: POSSIBLE RESERVES.
  • TOTAL RESERVES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. 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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