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Sabinas Quarry

Past Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098785
MRDS ID MX06260
Record type Site
Current site name Sabinas Quarry
Related records 10232165

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.31707, 27.90029 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 KM SE OF NUEVA ROSA.

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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.31707, 27.90029
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERT BASALT COVERS AN AREA OF 0.2 SQ KM., TERT RHYOLITE COVERS AN AREA OF 0.2 SQ KM., LCRET SHALE-CALCAREOUS SILTSTONE (SOYATAL-MEZCALA FM), COVERS AN AREA OF 0.5 SQ KM., ECRET LIMESTONE-SHALE, CALCAREOUS CLAY (EL DOCTOR FM) COVERS AN AREA OF 1.1 SQ KM. STRATIGRAPHY BELOW EL DOCTOR INCLUDES THE ECRET TARAISES FM, A FOSSILIFEROUS, MASSIVE LIMESTONE, AND THE TRANCAS FM (LJUR?) WHICH CONTAINS A SHALE, PHYLLITE, SLATE, QUARTZITE, AND SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sabinas District

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 PROSPECTS, 0 MINES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 2 PROSPECTS ON INEGI MAP, 7 MINES ON CRM 1992 MAP ALL GIVEN THE SAME LAT-LONG INCLUDING DONCELLA CLAY PIT. COMBINING DATA FROM CRM (1992).

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 MAIN MINES IN DISTRICT ARE EL PIRUL UNO, EL PIRUL DOS, LOS CUARTOS, CUESTA BLANCA, LA HERVIDORA, LAS PALOMAS UNO, LAS PALOMAS DOS. (MINE NAMES FROM CRM , 1992, GUANAJUATO STATE SUMMARY).
Deposit 7 PROSPECTS IN CRET LIMESTONE-SHALE, ACCORDING TO CRM (1992), BASE METAL VEINS IN MESOZOIC SEDIMENTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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