Bocatoche

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodity Iron
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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049911
MRDS ID MX06175
Record type Site
Current site name Bocatoche
Alternate or previous names Canada La Noria
Related records 10230280

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.49207, 26.567 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 32-34 KM S OF MONCLOVA.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.49207, 26.567

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne, Ene Lineaments

Ore body information

  • General form SKARN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • FE SKARN ASSOCIATED WITH 2 KM SQUARE INTRUSIVE STOCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE, 1975"

  • Deposit

    INEGI, TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1:50,000 SCALE MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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