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Cerro Los Comales

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Barium-Barite
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  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. 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 10049710
MRDS ID MX02849
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Los Comales
Alternate or previous names Luis L. Leon
Related records 10254921

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.35051, 28.98357 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 14 KM NW OF CHORRERAS ( NW END OF SIERRA CHORRERAS).

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

  • LOCATED 4 KM W OUT OF VILLAGE OF LUIS L. LEON AT THE W END OF CERRO LOS COMALES. LOCATED APPROX. 60 KM ENE OF CHIHUAHUA CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Shale And Sandstone
    Rock description Shale And Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.35051, 28.98357
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT SEPARATE Q ALUVIUM FROM JURRASIC SEDS AND DEPOSIT MAPPED ALONG THIS FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Luis L. Leon Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984 CIUDAD DELICIAS (H13-11); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDDED BARITE, MARINE TYPE DEPOSIT IN SHALE AND ARENITE LATE JURASSIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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