Sierra La Mojina

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10049472
MRDS ID	MX02174
Record type	Site
Current site name	Sierra La Mojina
Related records	10230085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-106.82584, 29.8427 (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 15 SECONDS.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary
Silver	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-106.82584, 29.8427	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TYPE.

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	MX02174

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

CLARK, K.F., AND GOODELL, P.C., (EDS.), 1983, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA: EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE, 0CT. 7-9, 1983, PLATE 1, SCALE 1:500000.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-JAN-1988	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JUN-1988	Leonard, Kenneth R.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-JUN-1993	Staude, John-Mark G.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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