Las Cabecitas

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Barium-Barite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
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	10048966
MRDS ID	MX00155
Record type	Site
Current site name	Las Cabecitas
Related records	10206587

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-110.04787, 29.80019 (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
Silver	Primary
Lead	Primary
Barium-Barite Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Barite	Ore
Galena	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	85
USGS model code	22c
Deposit model name	Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number	46

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-110.04787, 29.80019	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Strike 1> N 30 E, 2> N 25 W

Dip 1> 90, 2> 66 E

Strike	1> N 30 E, 2> N 25 W
Dip	1> 90, 2> 66 E

Comments on the geologic information

MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN VEINS SHOOTING OFF OF UPPER CRET-LOWER TERT GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Both
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Hermosillo/Huepac

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00155

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

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THE TWO MAJOR VEINS TREND N30E WITH VERTICAL DIP AND N25W WITH 66 DIP TO EAST.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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