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Real Cerro Viejo

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049916
MRDS ID MX06183
Record type Site
Current site name Real Cerro Viejo
Alternate or previous names Cobre Canada, Mines Include: Canada Ojo, Canada Cobre, Canada Real Viejo
Related records 10255064

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.59207, 26.72533 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 17 KM SSW 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

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) -101.59207, 26.72533
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form CONTACT SKARN

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL DISTAL OUTLIERS OF INTRUSIVE NOT INCLUDED IN SIZE ESTIMATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • CU AND FE PROSPECTS AND WORKINGS; ABANDONED LIKE AROUND MONCLOVA, 5 MINES ON TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

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-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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