Punta Eugenia

Past Producer in Baja California Sur, Mexico with commodity Asbestos

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
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	10048948
MRDS ID	MX00134
Record type	Site
Current site name	Punta Eugenia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.25074, 27.45025 (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
Asbestos	Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	18
USGS model code	8d
Deposit model name	Serpentine-hosted asbestos

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-114.25074, 27.45025	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

METAMORPHIC TERRANE. PRIMARILY EUGEOSYNCLINAL VOLCANIC AND RELATED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS ALSO PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	/Mulege

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00134

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.