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Agua Caliente

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Calcium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  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 10023477
MRDS ID I000463
Record type Site
Current site name Agua Caliente
Related records 10304127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.4173, 30.61684 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(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 Sonora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.4173, 30.61684
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N12W
    Dip 80SW
    Thickness 0.5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURE IS PROBABLE RESERVES OF OPTICAL CALCITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ S., J.R., 1985, RUCURSOS MINERALES NO METALICOS Y ROCAS INDUSTRIALES DEL ESTADO DE SONORA: HERMOSILLO, SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA Y ENERGETICOS, P. 23

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    GONZALEZ, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPTICAL AND SUBOPTICAL CRYSTALLINE CALCITE OCCURS IN A VEIN IN A FAULT ZONE. THE VEIN IS 0.4-0.5 M THICK AND ABOUT 250 M LONG.
Deposit THIS IS A DIFFERENT SITE FROM THE LA BARRA FLUORITE OCCURRENCE (MX00292)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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