Agua Dulce

Occurrence in Baja California, Mexico with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095827
MRDS ID MX01020
Record type Site
Current site name Agua Dulce
Related records 10159826

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.03415, 31.91676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Baja California

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF THE SIERRA LA PAILA. LOCATION FROM 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.03415, 31.91676

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Agua Dulce

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MENCHACA DE LA FUENTE MOISES J., 1985, ANALISIS METALOGENETICO REGIONAL DE LA PENNISULA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA: MASTERS THESIS, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONIMA, MEXICO FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA, MEXICO CITY, 158 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PROSPECTS IN ARROYO; LIMESTONE HOSTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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