El Nevado

Occurrence in Baja California, Mexico with commodity Quartz
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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049217
MRDS ID MX00477
Record type Site
Current site name El Nevado
Related records 10278989

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50084, 32.50007 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Potrero(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Baja California

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50084, 32.50007

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREDOMINANTLY VOLCANIC AND RELATED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF EUGEOSYNCLINAL ORIGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Tecate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 186

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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