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Cuatro Cienegas Suroeste Evaporite Prospects

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodity Halite
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049937
MRDS ID MX06213
Record type Site
Current site name Cuatro Cienegas Suroeste Evaporite Prospects
Alternate or previous names Mines Include: Salinas
Related records 10255495

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.03374, 26.93365 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6 KM SSE OF CUATRO CIENEGAS CITY.

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
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -102.03374, 26.93365
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description None

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAKE BED EVAPORITE IN BASINS SURROUNDED BY CRET LIMESTONE AND CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
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-SEP-1992 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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