La Independencia

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Manganese

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10048868
MRDS ID	MX00039
Record type	Site
Current site name	La Independencia
Related records	10206138

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-110.86735, 31.25014 (WGS84)
Relative position	6 KM SE OF NOGALES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kino Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Mexico	Sonora

Comments on the location information

ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 1 KM.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Manganese Critical	Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	156
USGS model code	25g
Deposit model name	Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-110.86735, 31.25014	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Strike E-W

Dip 90

Thickness 0.4M

Length 60M

Strike	E-W
Dip	90
Thickness	0.4M
Length	60M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

TWO OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00039

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P..
Deposit

TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 273-276, 308-309, TABLE 17.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MN DEPOSIT IN FISSURE ZONE IN GRANITE TRACEABLE FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED METERS. LONGEST CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE: 60 M, WITH AVERAGE WIDTH OF 40 CM.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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