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Naco

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Limestone, General
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023368
MRDS ID I000258
Record type Site
Current site name Naco
Alternate or previous names La Calera
Related records 10279531

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.93398, 31.33348 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 KM S85E OF NACO NEAR U.S.-MEXICO BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cochise(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Pedro(hydrologic unit)

San Pedro-Willcox(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF NACO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCES BURNT LIME FOR COPPER INDUSTRY AND HYDRATED LIME FOR CONSTRUCTION, SUGAR, AND STEEL INDUSTRIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.93398, 31.33348
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sociedad Cooperative Ejidal Explotadora De Recursos No Renovables "Bomintzha" Scl

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ S., J.R., 1985, RECURSOS MINERALES NO METALICOS Y ROCAS INDUSTRIALES DEL ESTADO DE SONORA: HERMOSILLO, SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA Y ENERGETICOS, 44 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

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

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