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El Refugio

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049009
MRDS ID MX00215
Record type Site
Current site name El Refugio
Related records 10159897

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.97286, 28.89466 (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 Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 1 KM. LAT ABOVE IS LOS POZOS AREA. LOS CHINOS-LOS GUASIMOS AREA: 28-56-30N LATITUDE 109-55-30W LONGITUDE. ONLY AVERAGE LAT LONG ARE GIVEN BECAUSE OF LARGE AREA OF UNDEVELOPED DEPOSITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 212
USGS model code 31b
Deposit model name Bedded barite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.97286, 28.89466
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: COUNTRY ROCK (INDICATED BY MAP SYMBOL AND LEGEND): PALEOZOIC (UNDIVIDED) LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE, SHALE, AND CHERT UNIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.

  • Deposit

    POOLE, F.G., MADRID, R.J., AND OLIVA-BECERRIL, J.F., 1991, GEOLOGICAL SETTING AND ORIGIN OF STRSTIFORM BARITE IN CENTERAL SONORA, MEXICO, IN RAINES, G.L., LISLE, R.E., SCHAFER, R.W., AND WILKINSON, W.H., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, V. 1: RENO, NV, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, P. 517-522.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SITE VISIT BY FORREST, G. (BARNEY) POOLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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