Chapeno Salt Dome

Occurrence in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sulfur
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050459
MRDS ID MX25000
Record type Site
Current site name Chapeno Salt Dome
Alternate or previous names Mina De La Pita
Related records 10158163

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -97.51196, 25.43538 (WGS84)
Elevation 10
Relative position 33 MI SE OF MATAMOROS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brownsville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Tamaulipas

Comments on the location information

  • AT RANCHO CHAPENO. LAT LONG FOR RANCHO EL CHAPENO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore
Limestone Ore
Sulfur Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 255
USGS model code 35a.7 (35ag)
Deposit model name Salt-dome sulfur

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -97.51196, 25.43538

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Salt Diapir

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS 5 TO 8 FT DEEP IN 1919

Reference information

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.