Cienega Grande

Occurrence in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodities Tin, Gold, Silver

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10050065
MRDS ID	MX10016
Record type	Site
Current site name	Cienega Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-101.19065, 21.17555 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	500(meters)
Relative position	APPROXIMATELY 14 KM N OF GUANAJUATO., Acc +/- 15 Sec., Acc +/- 15 Sec., Acc +/- 15 Sec., Acc +/- 15 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	Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tin Critical	Primary
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-101.19065, 21.17555	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX10016

Bibliographic references

Deposit

INEGI, 1975, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC, 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE
Other Database

CIMRI

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-93	Staude, John-Mark G.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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