Sostenes

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049527
MRDS ID MX02259
Record type Site
Current site name Sostenes
Related records 10191390

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.28384, 29.25023 (WGS84)
Relative position IN GENERAL REGION WITHIN 20-40 KM SE OF PLOMOSAS, Uncertain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 1 KM. MINE NOT SHOWN ON SOC GEOL MEX A.C., 1985; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = H13-8 OJINAGA 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 74
USGS model code 19b
Deposit model name Replacement Mn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.28384, 29.25023

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coyame Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SPP, 1983, OJINAGA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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