Ventana District

Past Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Bentonite, Kaolin
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. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001155
MRDS ID MX06042
Record type District
Current site name Ventana District
Alternate or previous names Lomas Las Cuestecillas, El As

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.48935, 25.30037 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position LARGE DISTRICT NEAR DURANGO-COAHUILA BORDER; 9 MINE SYMBOLS SHOWN ON TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Coahuila De Zaragoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary
Kaolin Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.48935, 25.30037

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name NORMAL FAULTING
Structure description HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic

Mining district

District name VENTANA DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INEGI, TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1:50,000 SCALE MAP.

Beyond USGS

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