San Bartolo

Producer in Hidalgo, Mexico with commodity Kaolin
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023358
MRDS ID I000241
Record type Site
Current site name San Bartolo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.25032, 20.00061 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Hidalgo

Comments on the location information

  • IN TULA-APAXCO AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolin Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Hydrothermal Alteration

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 164
USGS model code 25l.2
Deposit model name Hydrothermal kaolin

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Doctor Limestone
    Rock description El Doctor Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.25032, 20.00061

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit KAOLIN DEPOSITS ARE SCATTERED IN THE AREA TO THE SOUTHEAST OF TULA WHERE RHYOLITE INTRUDES LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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