La Discordia

Past Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodity Strontium
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024167
MRDS ID I010007
Record type Site
Current site name La Discordia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.16988, 25.68369 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Coahuila De Zaragoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Strontium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Celestite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Aurora Formation
    Rock description Aurora Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.16988, 25.68369

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45-82W
    Dip 51-85SW
    Thickness 1.26M
    Length 300M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Lorenzo

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 26000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Strontium SrSO4 94.11 wt-pct Strontium Major 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1993, MONOGRAFIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE COAHUILA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION M-9E, 154 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1994 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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