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La Doncella Clay Mine

Past Producer in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodity Clay
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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. Ore body information
  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 10050071
MRDS ID MX10024
Record type Site
Current site name La Doncella Clay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.23368, 21.16722 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

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

Comments on the location information

  • AROUND LEON CITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.23368, 21.16722
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • QAL EXTENDS OVER 40 SQ KM (MINERALIZATION); TERT FELSIC EXTRUSIVE EXTENDS OVER 20 SQ KM (MINERALIZATION); TERT? SANDSTONE-CONGLOMERATE EXTENDS OVER 5 KM (NO MINERALIZATION); ESPERANZA LIMESTONE EXTENDS OVER 10 SQ KM (NO MINERALIZATION).

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

  • ABUNDANT QUARRIES (MORE THAN 60), NO PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: GRAVEL AGGREGATE, ROCK, LIMESTONE?, QUARRIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, GEOLOGICAL-MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO; SECRETARIA DE ENERGIA, MINAS E INDUSTRIA PARAESTATAL, 136 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEON IS THE MAIN MINE IN THE DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1993 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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