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Caballo Sierra El

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092875
MRDS ID MX06176
Record type Site
Current site name Caballo Sierra El
Related records 10303608

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.04211, 27.59196 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 50 KM DUE S OF NORIAS DEL CABALLO.

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

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF SIERRA CABALLO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.04211, 27.59196
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N10w Major Fault, N20e Minor Structures Hosting One Of The Fe Mines.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO IGNEOUS ROCKS WITHIN 8 KM RADIUS; THOSE 8 KM AWAY ARE EXTRUSIVE TERT VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE"

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FE CONCENTRATED IN RED OXIDIZED ANOMALY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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