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Sierra De Palotes

Occurrence in Durango, Mexico with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Antimony
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  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 10088953
MRDS ID MX09064
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra De Palotes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.63378, 24.71707 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 20-30 KM NW OF EL NARANJO VILLAGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Durango

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SAN ANTONIO MINE AND ANGELITO MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Comancheras
    Rock description Comancheras
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.63378, 24.71707
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CARBONATE-HOSTED F VEINS ARE ALIGNED PARALLEL TO MAJOR STRUCTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Palotes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF DURANGO AND CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1980, GEOLOGIC AND METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, FIRST EDITION, 1:500,000 SCALE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO. FLUORITE IN CRET LIMESTONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark 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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