Cuchillo Parado

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Sodium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049409
MRDS ID MX02044
Record type Site
Current site name Cuchillo Parado
Related records 10182461

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.88383, 29.43356 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • PUEBLO AND MINE AREA ARE SHOWN ON 1:250,000 QUADRANGLE. 20 KM DE E OF COYAME.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.88383, 29.43356

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sedimantary Evaporite

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TYPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuchillo Parado/Coyame

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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