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La Batalla

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048997
MRDS ID MX00202
Record type Site
Current site name La Batalla
Alternate or previous names San Felipe
Related records 10118090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.10479, 29.03633 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM E OF THE SMALL TOWN OF SAHUARIPA.

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 Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.10479, 29.03633
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 65 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • 5 KM FROM THE CENOZOIC (LTERT?) RHYOLITIC TO ANDESITIC VOLCANIC FIELD THAT COVERS THE E BORDER OF SONORA AND MUCH OF CHIHUAHUA. COUNTRY ROCK AT LA BATALLA CONSISTS OF JURASSIC TO CRETACEOUS CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS WITH INTERLAYERED VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Madera-Sahuaripa

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 7000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 200 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Lead Pb 2.7 wt-pct Lead Minor 1985
    Zinc Zn 2.6 wt-pct Zinc Minor 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 DATA COMBINED FOR SAN FELIPE AND LA BATALLA VEINS.

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

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