Unnamed Deposit

Occurrence 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050243
MRDS ID MX17155
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Deposit
Related records 10303454

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.79202, 24.22125 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Relative position 14 KM N5E OF ARAMBERRI

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

  • BETWEEN SIERRA MESA EL RAYO AND SIERRA LAS TUNAS

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.79202, 24.22125

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anticline

Ore body information

  • Length 4700M
    Width 700M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gypsum Exposed In Breached Core Of Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    G14C87 (1977) PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP DIMENSIONS

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.