Concepcion Papalo

Occurrence in Oaxaca, Mexico with commodity Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10023370
MRDS ID I000260
Record type Site
Current site name Concepcion Papalo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -95.9669, 17.8007 (WGS84)
Relative position DEPOSIT IS NEAR CUICATLAN, ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF OAXACA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Oaxaca

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE IS FOR THE TOWN OF SAN JUAN BATISTA CUICATLAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SLIP FIBER.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 18
USGS model code 8d
Deposit model name Serpentine-hosted asbestos

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -95.9669, 17.8007

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rocks Are Highly Folded And Sheared.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WINSON, R.W., 1975, ASBESTOS, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, 4TH EDITION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 379-425

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OCCURRENCE IS EXPOSED ON 2 SIDES OF A RIDGE IN HIGHLY DISSECTED TERRAIN AND APPEARS TO BE PART OF A TABULAR SERPENTINITE BODY WHICH FORMS THE CORE OF A HIGHLY FOLDED AND SHEARED SEQUENCE OF ROCKS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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