Pozo Phosphate District

Past Producer in Guanajuato, 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Controls for ore emplacement
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001037
MRDS ID MX10052
Record type District
Current site name Pozo Phosphate District
Alternate or previous names Espinas Blancas-Mineral De Pozo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.48366, 21.16725 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position EST +/- 2 MIN., EST +/- 2 MIN., EST +/- 2 MIN., EST +/- 2 MIN.

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
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.48366, 21.16725

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name POZO PHOSPHATE DISTRICT

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.

Beyond USGS

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