Jose San Phosphorous

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086705
MRDS ID MX06248
Record type Site
Current site name Jose San Phosphorous
Alternate or previous names Buenos Aries
Related records 10279987

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.70038, 26.792 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6 KM SW OF CANDELA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Coahuila De Zaragoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.70038, 26.792

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Lineaments

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO MAPPED INTRUSIVE OR EXTRUSIVE MAGMATISM ON 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLES. CONGLOMERATE UNDERLIES LIMESTONE-SHALE WHICH USUALLY HOSTS THE PROSPECTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED PROSPECTS.
  • BIG MINE AREA, MANY PROSPECTS AND MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE, 1976 "

  • Deposit

    INEGI, TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1:50,000 SCALE MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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