Agua Nueva

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092748
MRDS ID MX02002
Record type Site
Current site name Agua Nueva
Related records 10206008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.11721, 29.58355 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM NORTHWEST OF LA ESPERANZA GEODE LOCALITY.

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

  • 30 KM ENE OF OJO DE LAGUNA, IN THE VALLEY ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF SIERRA DE LOS CARNEROS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.11721, 29.58355

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stratabound

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TYPE. ASSOCIATED GRANITIC INTRUSIVE. DEPOSIT IS IN ALLUVIAL BASIN BETWEEN RANGES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Laguna Encinillas

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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