Rincon Sierra El

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049910
MRDS ID MX06174
Record type Site
Current site name Rincon Sierra El
Related records 10205986

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.13795, 28.96692 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 23 KM NNW OF PIEDRITAS, 1.5 KM S OF US BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mariscal Mountain OE S(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mariscal Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak OE S(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Coahuila De Zaragoza

Comments on the location information

  • N END OF SIERRA EL RINCON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Santa Elena Limestone

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "1:250,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE/1:50,000 TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE"

  • Deposit

    INEGI, TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1:50,000 SCALE MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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