Marcelinos Cerro

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Iron, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049915
MRDS ID MX06182
Record type Site
Current site name Marcelinos Cerro
Related records 10133223

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.3754, 26.58227 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 30 KM S OF MONCLOVA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Coahuila De Zaragoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.3754, 26.58227

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lineaments Nw, Nw, Ne

Ore body information

  • General form CONTACT SKARN

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY IS LIKE AROUND MONCLOVA, FE SKARN. SMALL DISTAL OUTLIERS OF INTRUSION NOT INCLUDED IN SIZE ESTIMATIONS.

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: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE, 1975 "

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.