Puerto Libertad

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Bromine, Halite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049072
MRDS ID MX00291
Record type Site
Current site name Puerto Libertad
Related records 10158785

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60904, 29.92517 (WGS84)
Relative position AT THE CITY OF PUERTO DE LIBERTAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 1 KM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Halite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60904, 29.92517

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • EVAPORITE BEDS UNDERLAIN BY TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC QUARTZITE, SHALE, AND LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Puerto Libertad

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SALAS, GUILLERMO, 1973, LOS RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE REC. NAT. NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 73, P. 84-85

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SALT DEPOSIT IN LAKE SEDIMENTS AND MARINE-BAY EVAPORITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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