1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Washington Deposit

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021662
MRDS ID DE00350
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Deposit
Alternate or previous names Tecelote?
Related records 10206618

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.50066, 30.50017 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED 120 KM SOUTH OF CANANEA AND 20 KM WEST OF CUMOBABI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.50066, 30.50017
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Breccia Pipe In Tertiary Volcanic Complex Intruded By Small Subvolcanic Granitic Plutons

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR POST-ORE GEOLOGIC EVENT: FAULTING. PRINCIPAL MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES: SCLT + PYRT + CLCP + MLBD + TRML + QRTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Compania Fresnillo S.A.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cia. Minera Trans-Rio S.A. De C.V.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 12000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.71 wt-pct Copper Major 1982
    Tungsten Wo3 0.14 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1982

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE CONTINUED: 0.058% MO, 0.172 G/TON AU, 15.85 G/TON AG

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Pasitschniak, Anna Geological Survey of Canada
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site