Las Tablas

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Copper

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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
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10048885
MRDS ID	MX00057
Record type	Site
Current site name	Las Tablas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-108.67976, 26.80863 (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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	59
USGS model code	18b
Deposit model name	Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number	8

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Cretaceous

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-108.67976, 26.80863	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STRATIFORM

General form	STRATIFORM

Comments on the geologic information

COUNTRY ROCK (INDICATED BY MAP SYMBOL AND LEGEND): JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS (UNDIVIDED) SCHIST, VOLCANICLASTIC, SHALE, AND LIMESTONE UNIT INTRUDED BY LARAMIDE-AGE GRANITIC BODIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	Alamos

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00057

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

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.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MAP SYMBOL IN PEREZ, (1985) INDICATES PB-ZN-CU SKARN DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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