La Ascencion

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Manganese

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10049427
MRDS ID	MX02077
Record type	Site
Current site name	La Ascencion
Related records	10158267

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-107.93393, 30.91684 (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	Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 1 KM.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Manganese Critical	Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	156
USGS model code	25g
Deposit model name	Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-107.93393, 30.91684	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT COMPRISED OF ESSENTIALLY UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
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	MX02077

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.
Deposit

TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 278-248, 293-295, TABLE 17.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	FISSURE DEPOSITS IN RHYOLITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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