Cerro Colorado

Past Producer in Baja California, Mexico with commodity Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10048916
MRDS ID	MX00096
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cerro Colorado
Related records	10206601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-116.91752, 32.46674 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	5000(meters)
Relative position	Est To Within 2 Min, Est To Within 2 Min

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Mexico	Baja California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-116.91752, 32.46674	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

SEQUENCE OF INTERMEDIATE-FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS WITH TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. ASSOCIATED GRANITIC INTRUSIVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00096

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P.
Deposit

CHAVEZ, O.R., 1985, ANALISIS METALOGENETICO REGIONAL DE LA PENNISULA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA: BAJA MEXICO.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-87	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-APR-93	Staude, John-Mark G.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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