Salt Works

Past Producer in Baja California, Mexico with commodity Halite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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 10049389
MRDS ID MX01065
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Works
Related records 10303617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.08412, 31.46678 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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

  • 32.5 MILES N OF SAN FELIPE, EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.08412, 31.46678

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name /San Felipe Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE EVAPORATION PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAPAS DE MEXICO, 1968, MAPA DEL ESTADO DE BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE; SHEET MAP, 1:1,000,000 SCALE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SALT OCCURRENCE FROM SEA WATER EVAPORATION VISIT BY STAUDE (1991) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SALT FROM EVAPORATION OF SEAWATER FROM GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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