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La Ceja

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Stone
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023581
MRDS ID I000702
Record type Site
Current site name La Ceja
Alternate or previous names Tepupa
Related records 10182355

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.7673, 29.15021 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(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

Comments on the location information

  • IN ENVIRONS OF TOWN OF TEPUPA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Baucarit Formation
    Rock description Baucarit Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.7673, 29.15021
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15-30W
    Dip 30-40NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SOME OF THIS TUFF HAS BEEN USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CHURCH FACADE IN THE TOWN OF HERMOSILLO EN VILLA DE SERIS.

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 TUFF FORMS A TABULAR BODY AVERAGING 4 M THICK, 150 M WIDE AND 11 M LONG. TUFF IS PINK IN COLOR.

Reporter information

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

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