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El Aguaje

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Iron
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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 10092797
MRDS ID MX02364
Record type Site
Current site name El Aguaje
Related records 10133420

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.50054, 28.31693 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 20 KM SW OF CERRO NEGROS (MN) AND 30 KMS NE OF SANTO NINO MINE AREA.

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

  • EL AGUAJE IS A RANCH 12 KM W OF GENERAL TRIAS CITY AND 37 KM E OF CUAUHTEMOC CITY ON THE CHIHUAHUA-CUAUHTEMOC HIGHWAY. THE MINE IS N OF THE HIGHWAY NEAR CERRO GRANDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.50054, 28.31693
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE CAPPED BY OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE VOLCANIC RHYOLITES AND TUFFACIOUS ANDESITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuauhtemoc District/Chihuahua City Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1985, CHIHUAHUA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FE DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH TERTIARY GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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