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El Toro Fe

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092789
MRDS ID MX02328
Record type Site
Current site name El Toro Fe
Related records 10166449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.8505, 29.91688 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 35 KM NE OF EL TONY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Presidio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 55 KM NW OF OJINAGA AND 50 KM NNE OF COYAME. LOCATION FROM 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.8505, 29.91688
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Intrusive Cuts Many N-S Trending Faults On 1:250,000 Geologic Maps, But Faults Are Mapped As Cutting Adjacent Andesite And Volcanic Flow Breccias. Late Normal Faulting Nw Trending Cuts Even The Monzonite.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Skarn

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Ojinaga

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1983, OJINAGA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRON SKARN CONTACT BETWEEN PORFORITIC MONZONITE AND ECRET. LIMESTONE N SIDE OF THE INTRUSIVE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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