Comondu

MX / Baja California Sur

•26.08364, -111.83400View on Map Open in Google Maps

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About this location

Comondu is a historic mining site in Baja California Sur, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Reported specimens include Soapstone; logged ore minerals are Talc.

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Soapstone

Geology and deposit

Deposit model: 20: Ultramafic hosted magnesite

Ore minerals

Talc

Mining history

Status: Past Producer
Production size: Small

Records and references

Cited references

GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P.. SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 187. CHAVEZ, O.R., 1985, ANALISIS METALOGENETICO REGIONAL DE LA PENINSULA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA: BAJA MEXICO. CIMRI

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10104174 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 26.08364, -111.83400

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