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La Gloria

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Uranium
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  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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049695
MRDS ID MX02830
Record type Site
Current site name La Gloria
Related records 10158409

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.88386, 28.80024 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 18 KM SE OF ALDAMA MINE

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

  • N END OF CRET. LIMESTONE OUTCROPS ON NE OF SIERRA SANTO DOMINGO. 23 KM DIRECTLY SW TO CHIHUAHUA CITY. MINE IS REACHABLE BY DIRT ROAD FROM ALDAMA TO THE NW OF MINE FOR 12 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Sierra San Ignacio Limestone
    Rock description Sierra San Ignacio Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.88386, 28.80024
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mine Located Along Nw Trending Anticlinal Fold Hinge

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERT VOLCANIC RHYOLITES WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF INTERMEDIATE EXTRUSIVES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aldama District/ Chihuahua Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984 CIUDAD DELICIAS (H13-11); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM ASSOCIATEED WITH CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE NEAR CONTACT WITH TERTIARY VOLCANIC (WITHIN 100 YDS)
Deposit MINE IS ON THE 1:50,000 MAP H13C57 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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