(Facility) Aquascalientes Smelter

Plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Palladium, Selenium, Nickel, Platinum, Tellurium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10039019
MRDS ID M046532
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Aquascalientes Smelter
Alternate or previous names Aguascalientes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.30041, 21.85051 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 MILES NE OF GUADALAJARA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Aguascalientes

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Palladium Critical Secondary
Selenium Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Tellurium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BLISTER PRODUCED FROM SMELTING OF SILVER AND GOLD ORES FROM ALL PARTS OF MEXICO

Analytical data

Result OUNCES PER TON OF BLISTER COPPER: AU = 4.82, AG = 673, PT = .00416, PD = .0002

Nearby scientific data

(1) -102.30041, 21.85051

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EILERS, 1913, RARE METALS IN BLISTER COPPER: AM. INST. MIN. ENG. V. 47, P. 217, 218

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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