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Marcos Sierra San Southwest

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Dolomite
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092874
MRDS ID MX06165
Record type Site
Current site name Marcos Sierra San Southwest
Related records 10157945

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.73373, 26.43367 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 16 KM E OF LAS PALOMAS 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 Coahuila De Zaragoza

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF CUATRO CIENEGAS CITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Dolomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.73373, 26.43367
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAKE BED EVAPORITE IN BASINS SURROUNDED BY CRET LIMESTONE AND CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • F AND DOLOMITE MINES IN SOUTHWESTERN PART OF RANGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE, 1975 "

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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