Nugent Mine

Past Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials 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 10049797
MRDS ID MX06000
Record type Site
Current site name Nugent Mine
Related records 10205912

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.83376, 25.50037 (WGS84)
Relative position 40 MI E OF TORREON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Coahuila De Zaragoza

Comments on the location information

  • SE SIDE OF THE SIERRA LA PAILA. LOCATION FROM 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE, MINE WITH ROAD ACCESS FROM MIMO 7 KM DUE W OF TOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -102.83376, 25.50037

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHASE, P., 1970'S, RINGS OF FIRE, UNPUBLISHED

  • Production

    CHASE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER DEPOSITS IN AREA. FURTHER EXPLORATION MIGHT BE FRUITFUL. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit SHOOTS SURROUND VERTICAL IGNEOUS CHIMNEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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