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El Susto Opal

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049749
MRDS ID MX02911
Record type Site
Current site name El Susto Opal

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.95105, 26.98475 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 250(meters)

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

  • LAT LONG TO NW PROSPECT. THERE ARE 2 ON THE 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUAD G13B51 WITH THE SECOND ONE 600M TO THE SW. LOCATION IS 700 M W OF SAN JOSE LAS ADARGAS TO JIMENEZ HIGHWAY, 9 KM NW OF SAN JOSE LAS ADARGAS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNCERTAIN OF PRODUCTION EXTENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Opal Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.95105, 26.98475
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name /Jimenez Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAN JOSE LAS AFARFAS G13B51, 1977, 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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