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Pena Colorada

Producer in Colima, Mexico with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10084827
MRDS ID W700040
Record type Site
Current site name Pena Colorada

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -103.918, 19.13821 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Colima

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -103.918, 19.13821
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 130762000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.07 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 1961
    Iron Fe 56 wt-pct Iron Major 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE 1 ESTIMATE IS FOR THE TRANSVAAL DEPOSIT. ORE 2 ESTIMATE IS FOR THE SAN JUDAS AND EL MOLIBDENO DEPOSITS. ORE 3 REPRESENTS ORE MAINLY FROM SAN JUDAS AND INTERMEDIATE ZONES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COX AND SINGER, 1986, DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, P. 95

  • Deposit

    GOMEZ RUIZ, DAVID, 1961, CRNNR PUB. 3E.

  • Deposit

    PINEDA RAMIREZ, ALVARO, LOPEZ MENDOZA, HECTOR, LY PENA BUENDIA, ARTURO, 1969, ESTUDIO GEOLOGICO, Y MAGNETOMETRICO, DEL LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFERES DE PENA COLORADA, MUNICIPIO DE MINATITLAN, COLIMA: CRNNR BOLETIN 77.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOMEZ RUIZ, 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD REPRESENTS SEVERAL CLOSELY SPACED DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth 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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