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Artega Sierra Quarries

Past Producer in Coahuila De Zaragoza, Mexico with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098786
MRDS ID MX06266
Record type Site
Current site name Artega Sierra Quarries
Alternate or previous names Mines Include: El Porvenir, El Suspiro, El Milago, Cuevacillas, Los Angeles, El Astilles
Related records 10254943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.7337, 25.45594 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 11-16 KM E OF ARTEGA.

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
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AGGREGATE, STONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Ore
Gravel Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.7337, 25.45594
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E-W Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Comments on the geologic information

  • QAL EXTENDS OVER 0.4 SQ KM. TERT FELSIC EXTRUSIVE EXTENDS OVER 2.6 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

  • ABANDONED QUARRIES.
  • 5 MINES, NO PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AGGREGATE QUARRIES IN REGION.

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 OPAL IN FELSIC VOLCANICS.
Deposit IN SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE.
Deposit MAIN MINES IN THE DISTRICT INCLUDE SAN JUAN GRANDE, CERRO EL MONO

Reporter information

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

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