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Corral De Piedras

Occurrence in Durango, Mexico with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050014
MRDS ID MX09022
Record type Site
Current site name Corral De Piedras

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.83384, 24.16708 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 20 KM NE OF TAYOLTITA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Durango

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR DEPARTMENTOS DIMAS MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.83384, 24.16708
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOLYBDENITE VEINLET STOCKWORK, POSSIBLY A PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Corral De Piedras

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF DURANGO AND CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1980, GEOLOGIC AND METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, FIRST EDITION, 1:500,000 SCALE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (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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