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Talco San Juan Mine

Past Producer in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodities Talc-Soapstone, Kaolin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098798
MRDS ID MX10074
Record type Site
Current site name Talco San Juan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.53371, 21.15055 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position SIERRA DE LEON REGION, 10.5 KM E OF LEON., Est +/- 2 Minutes., Est +/- 2 Minutes.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary
Kaolin Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore
Talc Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay, Talc Of Mafic Rock.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.53371, 21.15055
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 50M
    Width 2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • ULTRAMAFIC EXTENDS OVER 1.0 SQ KM. KAOLINITE AND TALC EXPLORATION AT ULTRAMAFIC-RHYOLITE CONTACT ACCORDING TO CRM (1992).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Talco San Juan

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 30,000 TONS PROBABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 MINE, 0 PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • 25 M EXPLORATION SHAFT. ; ECON.COM: ERRATIC EXPLOITATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, GEOLOGICAL-MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO: SECRETARIA DE ENERGIA, MINAS E INDUSTRIA PARAESTATAL, 136 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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