Klondike

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048992
MRDS ID MX00196
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike
Related records 10182712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.38955, 30.45434 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 KM FROM SANTA ROSALIA.

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
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Mn-Oxides Present.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.38955, 30.45434

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EW
    Dip 80 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cananea-Cucurpe

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 25000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 7 g/mt Gold Major 1985
    Silver Ag 60 g/mt Silver Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FROM DATA TABLE

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EPITHERMAL AU AG VEIN IN ANDESITIC HOST ROCKS.

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. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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