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Josefina, Los Andes, Carmelita

Occurrence 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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049048
MRDS ID MX00259
Record type Site
Current site name Josefina, Los Andes, Carmelita
Related records 10230255

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.9201, 29.04743 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE ADJACENT PROSPECTS 10 KM S OF HERMOSILLO AND 4 KM SE OF THE EL CAMINO CLAIMS.

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

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.9201, 29.04743
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THREE CLAIMS ALONG GRANITE/LIMESTONE CONTACT. THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ALONG THIS PART OF THE CONTACT PROVED NOT TO BE FAVORABLE FOR REPLACEMENT, AS MOST OF THE BEDS BELONG TO UPPER HORNFELS MEMBER OF THE LIMESTONE SERIES, AND THE BEDDING DIPS AT A LOW ANGLE AWAY FROM A STEEPLY DIPPING CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hermosillo/Rancho De Las Viboras

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1945

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FEW SMALL LENSES OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE.

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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