Unnamed Prospects

Occurrence in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050489
MRDS ID MX25033
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects
Related records 10191191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.72951, 23.47128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1970
Relative position 4.8 KM N30E OF VILLA DE BUSTAMENTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Tamaulipas

Comments on the location information

  • W OF EL ASBESTO. LAT LONG FOR APPROXIMATE DISTRICT CENTER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.72951, 23.47128

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bustamente

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS: 1909, 1924, 1935-

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED 1909 DURING AN IRON EXPLORATION PROGRAM BY A MEXICAN STEEL CO. ; ECON.COM: A PILOT MILL BUILT 1944 TO RECOVER ASBESTOS FROM SERPENTINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    F14A37 (1974) PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS DEEPLY ERODED

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.