Cerro La Paz Deposit

Past Producer in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050215
MRDS ID MX17116
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro La Paz Deposit
Related records 10158205

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.62955, 26.94532 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Relative position 18 KM S78W OF HIDALGO

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

  • ON CERRO LA PAZ

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 253
USGS model code 35a.5 (35ae)
Deposit model name Bedded gypsum: marine evaporite gypsum

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.62955, 26.94532

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2900M
    Width 200M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY SHOWN ON 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC MAP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    G14C15 (1976) PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS FOR OUTCROP AREA

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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