Piedras Negras Operations

Producer in Michoacan De Ocampo, Mexico with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133094
MAS/MILS ID 2010130032
Record type Site
Current site name Piedras Negras Operations

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.51708, 28.70026 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Pass West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Michoacan De Ocampo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Olmos Formation

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Reynolds Fluorspar S. A.
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1978
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Reynolds Metals Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978 ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, NEW YORK, MC-

  • Deposit

    GRAW-HILL, 1978, P. 125, 318.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1983 Smith Ewu U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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