San Luis

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 10024168
MRDS ID I010008
Record type Site
Current site name San Luis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.17544, 25.67536 (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) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.17544, 25.67536

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 03SW
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 225M

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 39000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Strontium SrSO4 90.5 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.