El Toro

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
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	10048991
MRDS ID	MX00195
Record type	Site
Current site name	El Toro
Alternate or previous names	Noche Buena-Veta Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-108.83393, 27.20028 (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
Gold	Primary
Zinc Critical	Secondary
Lead	Secondary
Copper	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Gold	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Quartz	Gangue
Limonite	Unknown
Pyrite	Unknown

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-108.83393, 27.20028	ListMap

Economic information

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	MX00195

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	EPITHERMAL GOLD VEINS SIMILAR TO TAJITOS. GOLD-BEARING SPHALERITE-GALENA-QUARTZ VEIN (+/- CHALCOPYRITE) TRENDS N 20 W IN ANDESITE.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-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.