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Torreon Quarries

Occurrence in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10049965
MRDS ID MX06255
Record type Site
Current site name Torreon Quarries
Related records 10303087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.00043, 25.55037 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Est Within 45 Sec

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

Comments on the location information

  • MANY QUARRIES ALL AROUND TORREON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.00043, 25.55037
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SAND, GRAVEL, AND LIMESTONE QUARRIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1972 "

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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