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Myriam and Ano Nuevo

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. 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 10049015
MRDS ID MX00221
Record type Site
Current site name Myriam and Ano Nuevo
Alternate or previous names Miriam
Related records 10133050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.7326, 28.91966 (WGS84)
Relative position MYRIAM AND ANO NUEVO ARE ADJACENT MINES ON THE SAME OR ON VERY SIMILAR VEINS; DATA OFTEN LUMPED FOR BOTH SITES.

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    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) -110.7326, 28.91966
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5-18 W
    Dip 18-40 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK (INDICATED BY MAP SYMBOL AND LEGEND): UPPER TERTIARY RHYOLITES, ANDESITES, AND IGNIMBRITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Colorada

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 55000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5 g/mt Gold Major 1985
    Silver Ag 80 g/mt Silver Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES LISTED FOR "MIRIAM" DEPOSIT- LA COLORADA DISTRICT.

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 GOLD-SILVER-BEARING LIMONITE-PYRITE-QUARTZ VEIN(S) IN ANDESITE.
Deposit DATA OFTEN GROUPED FOR BOTH DEPOSITS IN REFERENCES. MAP SYMBOL IN PEREZ (1985) INDICATES AU-AG (PB,CU) VEIN, ALTHOUGH ONLY MINERALS LISTED ARE QUARTZ, LIMONITE, AND PYRITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

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

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