Maquipo

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023595
MRDS ID I000717
Record type Site
Current site name Maquipo
Alternate or previous names San Jose De Maquipo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.81726, 26.7003 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 3 KM SW OF MAQUIPO AND 40 KM SE OF ALAMOS.

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
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tuff Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.81726, 26.7003

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 TUFF OF INTEREST IS FELSIC, MASSIVE, GRAY IN COLOR, WITH A PHANERITIC TEXTURE WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF FRAGMENTS OF ALTERED FELDSPARS, MICA AND QUARTZ. THE DEPOSIT IS AT LEAST 1500 M LONG AND 140 M WIDE AND IS EXPOSED ALONT THE MARGINS OF ARROYO EL TALAYOTE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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