Cerro El Cobre, La Joya

Occurrence in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodities Kaolin, Clay, Stone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001048
MRDS ID MX10067
Record type District
Current site name Cerro El Cobre, La Joya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.35868, 21.32554 (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 Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary
Clay Primary
Stone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.35868, 21.32554

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name LINEAMENT
Structure description NW LINEAMENT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INEGI, 1982, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC, 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE.

Beyond USGS

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