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El Albur

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049001
MRDS ID MX00206
Record type Site
Current site name El Albur
Related records 10279690

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.83953, 29.16688 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 KM FROM EDNA LUCIA.

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
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.83953, 29.16688
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike 1>N 60 E, 2>N 50 E
    Dip 1>50-70 SE, 2>55-70 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALONG FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN LCRET-ETERT AGE GRANITE AND LCRET-ETERT ANDESITE-RHYOLITE VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Pedro De La Cueva

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 VEIN CUT BY NORMAL FAULTS. DEPOSIT ALONG CONTACT OF RHYOLITE AND GRANITE OF SIMILAR LARAMIDE AGE.

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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