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Gravel Pit

Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050536
MRDS ID MX25141
Record type Site
Current site name Gravel Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -98.36837, 26.13675 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mission(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McAllen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Tamaulipas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -98.36837, 26.13675
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED FAULT ZONES MAY BE UP TO 4-5 M THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1942, PRODUCTION WAS BONANZA - 85 FL/MO. DUE TO EXTREME MISMANAGEMENT, PRODUCTION WAS REDUCED TO 17 FL/MO BY 1943, WITH ONLY 3 MINES REMAINING OPEN. TENOR IS HIGH AT MARZO, AND ONLY PART OF THE ORE IS REMOVED.
  • INTERMITTENT PRODUCER

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MIGHT BECOME GOOD PRODUCER IN PROPER HANDS. EXTENT UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 150 MINES AND PROSPECTS ARE IN AN AREA 3 1/2 X 4 1/2 KM. ONLY THREE REMAIN OPEN: 21 DE JUNIO MINE - A SERIES OF IRREGULAR CHAMBERS, HAVING THE FORM OF A CHIMNEY, 37 M DEEP; 18 DE MARZO - A SERIES OF IRREGULAR INTERCONNECTED CHAMBERS ATTAINING 30 M DEPTH (HIGH TENOR - NOT WORKED OUT IN 1943); CHARCOS MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DATA FROM 1:50,000 TOPO (1975)

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OVER 150 PROSPECTS AND MINES IN 3.5 X 4.5 KM AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

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

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