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What did Napoleon III attempt to do in Mexico?
To set a foothold in the continental Americas, try to prevent the rise of the United States as a world power and to exploit the large silver deposits in northern Mexico.
What landform do all the states with silver deposits have in common?
mountains
Where is oil produced in Mexico?
The biggest oil and gas deposits in Mexico are located at the offshore Cantarell field, in the Gulf of Mexico. Other, much less important deposits are located throughout the states of Veracruz, Campeche, Tabasco and Puebla.
Where are the most major oil deposits in the world?
United states, Middle east, Mexico, Canada
Where is silver most commonly found on earth?
Silver is found in lead, zinc, and copper ore deposits. A full two-thirds of the silver resources in the world are found in association with these other metal ores. The remaining third is found in association with deposits of gold. The most important ore mineral of silver is argentite (Ag2S, silver sulfide). In the United States, Nevada is the leading producer of silver where it is a by-product of gold mining. Other significant world producers of silver are Mexico, Peru, Chile, and Canada. A number of other countries produce smaller amounts of silver.
Where are the largest copper deposits in the US?
Arizona has the largest copper deposits in the United States. The top copper producing states in 2012 from the greatest to the least were Arizona, Utah, New Mexico,Nevada, and Montana. Other minor copper producing states were Alaska, Idaho, and Missouri.
What are four states in western US that have large deposits of uranium?
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, etc.
In which areas of Mexico is lead mined?
The northern Mexican states of Zacatecas, Chihuahua, and Durango (crisscrossed by the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range) concentrate the largest deposits of lead in Mexico.
Where is malachite found?
Malachite is usually found among copper deposits. In the United States, copper is mined in several states. Michigan, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico all have copper mines.
Where is malachite?
Malachite is usually found among copper deposits. In the United States, copper is mined in several states. Michigan, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico all have copper mines.
What minerals are mined in northern Mexico?
Silver, bismuth, celestite, fluorspar, molybdenum, barite, bentonite, arsenic, diatomite, graphite, cadmium, gypsum, mine lead, manganese ore, salt, sulfur, mine zinc, mine copper, cement and gold. Most mineral deposits in Mexico are found on its northern states, such as Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango and Zacatecas.
Which areas of Mexico have gold deposits?
The northwestern states of Sonora, Zacatecas and Chihuahua, crisscrossed by the Sierra Madre mountain ranges, contribute to 68.5% of Mexico's gold production, or approximately 80.83 metric tonnes out of the 118 produced by Mexico for 2014.
