Unidentified Agate Quarries

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gemstone, Semiprecious Gemstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10095895
MRDS ID MX35606
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Agate Quarries
Related records 10182778

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.96025, 28.87246 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(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 Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • GROUP OF 5 QUARRYS APPROX. 5 KM NW OF ALDAMA VILLAGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Agate Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.96025, 28.87246

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Se

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALDAMA (H13-C57) 1:50,000 SCALE MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AGATE PROSPECT/MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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