Road Material Pit

Producer in Nuevo Leon, Mexico with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10050441
MRDS ID	MX17540
Record type	Site
Current site name	Road Material Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-100.49287, 26.84255 (WGS84)
Elevation	375
Location accuracy	100(meters)
Relative position	1 KM E OF CANDELA

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
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gravel	Ore
Sand	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-100.49287, 26.84255	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Comments on the production information

INTERMITTENT PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

RESERVES MAY BE CONSIDERABLE BUT ARE NOT BLOCKED OUT. A FAULT IS POSTULATED IN THE ORDUNA STREAM, DUE TO ALIGNMENT OF PRINCIPAL MINES. THIS IS THOUGHT TO PERSIST TO A DEPTH OF SEVERAL TENS OF METERS AND IS PROBABLY MINERALIZED TO A DEPTH GREATER THAN HAS BEEN EXPLOITED.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX17540

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DATA FROM 1:50,000 TOPO (1977) AND PHOTOGEOLOGIC (1978) MAPS
Other Database

CIMRI

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	OF THE TWO ZONES, SAN JOAQUIN AND AZOQUES, THE LATTER IS RICHER BUT MINING MORE DIFFICULT DUE TO INSTABILITY. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MODERN PRODUCERS (1970). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit	PRINCIPAL MINES ARE IN A LINE

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-SEP-1994	Long, Keith R.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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