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Sierra El Toro

Past Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098784
MRDS ID MX06234
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra El Toro
Alternate or previous names El Toro, Mines Include: Las Minas De San Miguel
Related records 10214995

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.00037, 25.0004 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(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 Coahuila De Zaragoza

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION FROM CRM (1992).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.00037, 25.0004
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM EXTENDS OVER 3.0 SQ KM. TERT RHYOLITE EXTENDS OVER 2.0 KM. MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 MINE, NO PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC 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-AUG-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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