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San Lucas District

Occurrence in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodities Barium-Barite, Strontium
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050192
MRDS ID MX17086
Record type Site
Current site name San Lucas District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.16703, 24.96706 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Relative position 19 KM N30W OF GALEANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Nuevo Leon

Comments on the location information

  • APPROXIMATE CENTER OF DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Strontium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Celestite Ore

Analytical data

Result BARITE CONTAINS UP TO 3.5% SRS04

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name La Casita Formation
    Rock description La Casita Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.16703, 24.96706
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1958
    Total resources 12000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 77.5 wt-pct Barium Major 1958
    Strontium SrSO4 3 wt-pct Strontium Minor 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TAVERA A., E., 1960, YACIMIENTOS DE BARITA EN EL DISTRITO DE GALEANA, NUEVO LEON: CONSEJO RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES BOL. 55, P. 53-63

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    TAVERA (1960) P. 62.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE OCCURS AS LENSES IN MIDDLE PART OF LA CASITA FM LIMESTONE. LENSES ARE UP TO 40 M IN DIAMETER AND 50 CM TO 2 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey

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