San Antonio Quarry

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088929
MRDS ID MX02914
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.12269, 26.86142 (WGS84)
Elevation 1220
Location accuracy 250(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 Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG AND LOCATION FROM 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC MAP 2 KM E OF RAILROAD VILLAGE OF MERCURIO 20 KM NE OF ESTACION ESCALON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RAILROAD MATERIAL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.12269, 26.86142

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRUSHED ROCK MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Railroad Builders

Mining district

District name Mercurio District/Escalon Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ABANDONED QUARRY

Comments on development

  • MINED FOR RAILROAD MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURIO, G13B53, 1976, 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED FOR AGGREGATE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-92 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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