Unnamed Mine

Past Producer in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodity 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10050279
MRDS ID MX17203
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Mine
Related records 10182534

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.43759, 25.00928 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 11.5 KM S78E OF SAN RAFAEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Nuevo Leon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Indidura Formation;Aurora Formation
    Rock description Indidura Formation;Aurora Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.43759, 25.00928

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Aurora And Indidura Formations

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    G14C45 (1977) PHOTOGEOLOGIC MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN AURORA AND INDIDURA FORMATIONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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