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Largo Cerro

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049955
MRDS ID MX06239
Record type Site
Current site name Largo Cerro
Alternate or previous names Mines Include: Penas Cerro Las, Potrero De Santo Nino Town
Related records 10133605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.21845, 25.00456 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 7 KM SSW OF RUNUELOS, WHICH IS 15 KM SW OF AGUA NUEVA.

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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.21845, 25.00456
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO MAPPED INTRUSIVE OR EXTRUSIVE MAGMATISM ON 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLES; CONGLOMERATE UNDERLIES LIMESTONE-SHALE WHICH USUALLY HOSTS THE PROSPECTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PB ZN PROSPECTS, 1 PHOSPHORITE PROSPECT. MANY PROSPECTS IN AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC 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-AUG-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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