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Las Escuadros

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Clay, Kaolin
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088928
MRDS ID MX02908
Record type Site
Current site name Las Escuadros
Alternate or previous names Lomas El Leon, Loma El Organo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.64993, 26.92809 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 8 MIAN PROSPECT AREAS EXTENDING 6 KM WNW - ESE. LOCATED 1.5 KM W OF HIGHWAY 49 SE OF JIMENEZ ABOUT 25-30 KMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAJOR CLAY AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Clay Unknown
Kaolin Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.64993, 26.92809
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND CLAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Corralitos District/Jimenez Area

Comments on development

  • SURFACE EXPOSURES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIVISION DEL NORTE G13B52, 1976, 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY OVER WIDE AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) 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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