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Guerrero Negro

Producer in Baja California, Mexico with commodities Bromine, Halite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048901
MRDS ID MX00076
Record type Site
Current site name Guerrero Negro
Alternate or previous names Ojo De Liebre, Guerro Negro

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25074, 27.9169 (WGS84)
Relative position 470 MILES SOUTH OF TIJUANA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Baja California

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 1 MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Analytical data

Result FINAL PRODUCT HAS A PURITY OF >99.7% (DRY) NACL.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25074, 27.9169
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bahia Sebastian Vizcaino

Ownership information

  • Type Joint Venture Owner-Op
    Owner Exportadora De Sal Sa De Cv
  • Type Joint Venture Partner
    Owner Mexican Government
    Interest 51
  • Type Joint Venture Partner
    Owner Mitsubishi Corp.
    Interest 49
  • Type Operator
    Owner Essa

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS AVERAGE ANNUAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • 40,000 HECTARES OF SALT PANS--THESE WERE ORIGINALLY BASED ON OLD SALT BEDS, BUT ARE NOW SUPPLEMENTED BY NEW SURFACES.

Comments on development

  • DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAM UNDERWAY IN 1986 TO STUDY FEASIBILITY OF PRODUCING KCL, KSO4, MGBR, AND LI-SALTS AS BY-PRODUCTS. ; ECON.COM: BULK OF PRODUCTION IS EXPORTED TO JAPAN AND USA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TERRONES L., A.J., 1986, MEXICAN MINING: MINING MAGAZINE, V. 155, NO. 5, P. 459.

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS--MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1986.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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