Travesia Sierra Norte

Past Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Strontium, Barium-Barite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049973
MRDS ID MX06265
Record type Site
Current site name Travesia Sierra Norte
Alternate or previous names Mines Include: Prospect Unnamed
Related records 10182419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.82127, 26.99337 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 15 KM NE OF PIEDRAS DE LUMBRE.

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
Strontium Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -102.82127, 26.99337

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline Fold

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE, 1974 "

  • Deposit

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CARBONATE HOSTED BARITE AND STRONTIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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