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Beatriz

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049039
MRDS ID MX00250
Record type Site
Current site name Beatriz
Alternate or previous names Hercules, Argentina
Related records 10280577

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.91955, 29.08077 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 2 KM S OF HERMOSILLO, MX ON GUAYMAS HIGHWAY.

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

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 1 KM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.91955, 29.08077
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS IN LIMESTONE SOME 250 M FROM THE NEAREST EXPOSED GRANITE, BUT GRANITE MAY UNDERLIE IT AT A SHALLOW DEPTH. BEDDING IN LIMESTONE STRIKES E AND IS NEARLY VERTICAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hermosillo/Villa Seris

Comments on the production information

  • 3 TONS OF HAND SORTED ORE TAKEN FROM DUMP IN 1943 CONTAINED ABOUT 35 UNITS WO3. NO ORE REMAINS IN PLACE OR ON DUMPS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK TO DEPTH OF 15 M IN SEARCH OF SILVER. SCHEELITE NOT RECOGNIZED UNTIL MUCH LATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WIESE, JOHN H., AND CARDENAS, SALVADOR, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF SONORA, MEXICO: USGS BULL 946, P. 103-130

  • Production

    WIESE AND CARDENAS, 1945.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BED OF GRAY RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE 1 M THICK PARTLY REPLACED FOR STRIKE LENGTH OF 2 M AND MIN. DEPTH OF 15 M BY GARNET, F.GR. QUARTZ, CS.GR. BROWN CALCITE, A LITTLE PYRITE, AND EPIDOTE. IRREGULAR CRYSTALS OF SCHEELITE UP TO 5 CM ACROSS IN SMALL CLUSTERS AND STRINGERS IN REPLACED ZONE.

Reporter information

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

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