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Saltillo Quarries

Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049982
MRDS ID MX06280
Record type Site
Current site name Saltillo Quarries
Alternate or previous names Mines Include: San Jose De Alamo, La Soledad, Las Narras
Related records 10279399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.01705, 25.41705 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(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

  • SOUTH OF TOWN OF SALTILLO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.01705, 25.41705
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Contrissa Sa

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATION PRODUCES 1.3 MILLION TPA LIMESTONE AGGREGATE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CRUSHING FACILITY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1976 "

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GRIFFITHS, 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD I000257 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 27-FEB-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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