El Cajon

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Perlite
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023569
MRDS ID I000687
Record type Site
Current site name El Cajon
Related records 10231517

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70066, 29.78352 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 11 KM N73 W OF THE TOWN OF RAYON.

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
Perlite Primary

Analytical data

Result THE PERLITE EXAPNDED 2-3 TIMES AT A TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 1000 DEG C.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70066, 29.78352

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Reserve-Resource

    GONZALEZ, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PERLITE FLOW IS ABOUT 1 KM LONG AND OF UNKNOWN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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