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Lago Texcoco Basin

Producer in Mexico, Mexico with commodities Sodium, Cobalt
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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. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106734
MRDS ID I000239
Record type Site
Current site name Lago Texcoco Basin
Alternate or previous names Ecatepec De Morelos, San Cristobal Ecatepec

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.06699, 19.58395 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, Unknown Precision, But Within The Lago Texcoco Basin.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR ECATEPEC DE MORELOS. DEPOSIT IS BRINES OF LAGO TEXCOCO BASIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SUBSURFACE BRINES HAVE AN AVERAGE COMPOSITION OF 4.8% NA2CO3 AND 1.6% NAHCO3 (HARBEN AND BATES, 1991). MANNION (1983) REPORTS 8.0 G/L NA2CO3, 8.6 G/L NACL, 0.1 G/L NA2SO4, 0.1 G/L NA2B4O7, AND 0.8 G/L KCL.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.06699, 19.58395
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Closed Basin

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Restricted Inflow Of Water To Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sosa Texcoco Sa (99.3% Owned By Banco Mexicano Somex)

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS APPROXIMATELY 200,000 TPA.

Comments on the workings information

  • BRINE IS EVAPORATED IN SPIRAL SHAPE PONDS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCTION OF 2 GRADES OF SODA ASH WITH MINIMUM 96.5% NA2CO3, MAXIMUM OF 1.8% NACL, AND A MINIMUM DENSITY OF 850 KG/CUBIC M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1991, CELESTITE, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION, METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 49-51.

  • Deposit

    RUSSELL, ALISON, 1990, NATURAL & SYNTHETIC SODA ASH--UPTURN FOLLOWS MID-80'S GLOOM: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 268, P. 19-34.

  • Deposit

    MANNION, L.E., 1983, SODIUM CARBONATE DEPOSITS, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, 5TH EDITION: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 1187-1206.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BRINES WERE CONCENTRATED FROM BRACKISH WATER TO COMMERCIAL LEVELS WHEN FEEDER STREAMS TO L. TEXCOCO WERE BLOCKED OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTRUY IN ORDER TO ARREST SUBSIDENCE IN MEXICO CITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-91 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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