Isla Santa Margarita

Past Producer in Baja California Sur, Mexico with commodity Magnesite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10048945
MRDS ID	MX00131
Record type	Site
Current site name	Isla Santa Margarita
Alternate or previous names	Isla Margarita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-111.91733, 24.50037 (WGS84)

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 Sur

Comments on the location information

ESTIMATED TO NEAREST MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Magnesite	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Magnesite	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	19
USGS model code	8e
Deposit model name	Serpentinite-hosted magnesite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-111.91733, 24.50037	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIVE(S) IN PREDOMINANTLY VOLCANIC AND RELATED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF EUGEOSYNCLINAL ORIGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	/La Paz

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00131

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 187.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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