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Refugio

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049523
MRDS ID MX02255
Record type Site
Current site name Refugio
Related records 10190859

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.10054, 30.61685 (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 Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 1 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE COULD NOT BE SORTED TO BRING GRADE UP TO 40%.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.10054, 30.61685
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • 350 TONS OF ORE STOCKPILED IN 1943. NONE WAS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SOLD OR SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 238-248, 293-295, TABLE 17

  • Production

    TRASK AND RODRIGUEZ, 1948.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE DEPOSITS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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