El Alce Mine

Past Producer in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111474
MRDS ID MX17008
Record type Site
Current site name El Alce Mine
Related records 10182865

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.69621, 26.62394 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Relative position 2.75 KM N25E OF ITURBIDE, 20 KM S55E SAN ANTONIO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Nuevo Leon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 244
USGS model code 34d
Deposit model name Phosphate, warm current type

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.69621, 26.62394

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra La Ventana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    G14A64 (1976) PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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