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La Mariquita

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048853
MRDS ID MX00023
Record type Site
Current site name La Mariquita
Alternate or previous names Mariquita
Related records 10230277, 10279502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.42149, 31.05571 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Relative position 40 KMS S OF US BORDER, 5 KM NE OF CUITACA AND 20KM NW OF CANANEA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Specularite Ore
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic

Analytical data

Result 0.45-0.70% CU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Bucarit Group
    Rock description Bucarit Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.42149, 31.05571
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nogales/Cananea

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.7 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 0.45 wt-pct Copper Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TONNAGES ABOVE ARE CALCULATED AT DIFFERENT CUT-OFF GRADES FOR SAME DEPOSIT. NOT CONSIDERED ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO MINE ALTHOUGH A VERY LARGE DEPOSIT. IT IS LOCATED CLOSE TO CANANEA PORPHYRY COPPER.

Comments on development

  • NOT PRESENTLY ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE, 1985.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.

  • Deposit

    MARAVILLA S., S., 1978, MINAS EN PRODUCCION, MINAS EN PREPARACION Y DEPOSITOS CON RESERVAS MAS O MENOS CONOCIDAS EN EL ESTADO DE SONORA IN NAJERA-GARZA, J., AND ORTLIEB, L., (EDS.), 1978, PRIMERO SYMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA; RESUMENES: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, U.N.A.M., P. 85-87.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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