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Pompas Las

Past Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098783
MRDS ID MX06193
Record type Site
Current site name Pompas Las
Alternate or previous names Mines Include: La Mota, El Siete
Related records 10206358

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.37957, 27.77251 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 15 KM SE OF MELCHOR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Coahuila De Zaragoza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.37957, 27.77251
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGAS CUATAS QUARTZ MONZONITE DOES NOT SHOW ON THE INEGI MAP. ACCORDING TO CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, MONZONITE IS POSSIBLY OLIGOCENE IN AGE (INFERRED). EXTENDS FOR 6 (+/-2 KM) KM. CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE EXTENDS FOR 8.3 SQ. KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 MINES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HG MINES IN CARBONATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA, GEOGRAFIA, E INFORMATICA 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1975"

  • Deposit

    INEGI, TOPOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE, 1:50,000 SCALE MAP

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1930'S (CRM,1992)
Deposit MERCURY IS IN THE QAL ALONG ARROYO LA ATAREJA. CINNABAR IN VEINLETS.
Deposit ATAREJA IS THE EASTERNMOST MUNICIPIO IN THE STATE.
Deposit CERRO BLANCO, MANGAS CUATAS ARE MAIN MINES IN THE DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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