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La Grulla

Occurrence in Baja California, Mexico with commodities Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049235
MRDS ID MX00502
Record type Site
Current site name La Grulla
Related records 10158048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.34526, 31.55843 (WGS84)
Relative position AT CERROS DE LA GRULLA, ABOUT 25 KM S OF ENSENADA.

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

  • ACCURATE TO WITHIN 1 MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 158
USGS model code 25i
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted magnetite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.34526, 31.55843
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Ensenada

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 1080000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 61.3 wt-pct Iron Major 1961
    Sulfur S 0.1 wt-pct Sulfur Trace 1961
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.17 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1: PROVEN RESERVES. ITEM 2: PROBABLE RESERVES. ITEM 3: POSSIBLE RESERVES.
  • TOTAL RESERVES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (BAJA CALIFORNIA LOC. 1).

  • Deposit

    COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOMEZ, 1961.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman 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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