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Sierra Las Mitras Deposit

Producer in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050273
MRDS ID MX17196
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Las Mitras Deposit
Related records 10303318

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.44204, 25.70037 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position 10 KM W OF MONTERREY

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 S FLANK SIERRA LAS MITRAS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marble Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.44204, 25.70037
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 10600M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OUTCROP PATTERN SHOWN ON PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP SUGGESTS A BEDDED DEPOSIT RATHER THAN A SKARN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY OPEN PIT MINES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    G14C25 (1976) PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONTINUOUS OUTCROP OF ONE OR MORE "MARBLE" BEDS

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

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