Boquilla

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver
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. 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 10049942
MRDS ID MX06219
Record type Site
Current site name Boquilla
Alternate or previous names Cerritos Boquilla
Related records 10158241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.60046, 27.90028 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(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 Coahuila De Zaragoza

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE (6KM) OF SIERRA DE CRUCES INTRUSIVE CENTER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.60046, 27.90028

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N20w Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION BOTH E AND W FOLD LIMB, NO MAPPED INTRUSION NEAR MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS WITH VAR. ROAD ACCESS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE"

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 100 KM SQUARE COMPLEX 6 KM TO W, NOT MRDS I000628.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.