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Filadelfia

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049066
MRDS ID MX00282
Record type Site
Current site name Filadelfia
Related records 10182776

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.16731, 29.20021 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ON THE FRANCISCO DE TOBACA RANCH, 40 KM BY ROAD OR 15 KM BY AIR NE OF ALAMOS. ALAMOS IS LOCATED ON A TRIB. OF THE RIO DE SONORA, 90 KM E OF HERMOSILLO, MX.

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
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.16731, 29.20021
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 W
    Dip 40-60 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE HIGHLY FRACTURED AND HAS THIN QUARTZ VEINS SHOT THROUGHOUT. APLITE DIKES AND NUMEROUS PEGMATITE VEINS PRESENT IN GRANITE. GRANITE IS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH A VOLCANIC ANDESITE UNIT. MINERALIZATION CONCENTRATED ALONG FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Alamos

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Owned By Manuel Alatorre Prior To 1930.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CAVED.

Comments on development

  • ABANDONED IN THE 1930'S AFTER LITIGATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROCHA, VICTOR S., 1953, EL YACIMIENTO DE COBRE "FIADELFIA", MUNICIPIO DE ALAMOS, SONORA: INST. NACIONAL PARA LA INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS MINERALES, MEXICO, D.F., BOLETIN 34, P. 1-7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALIZATION ALONG FRACTURES IN GRANITE THET TREND N 5 W AND DIP 40-60 SW. CONJUGATE FRACTURES DIP TO THE NE AT ABOUT THE SAME ANGLE. MINING WAS IN PEGMATITE VEINS WHERE HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS FOUND.
Deposit NUMEROUS PROSPECTS, BUT NONE EXPLORED DEEPER THAN 10-15 M. COPPER ORE HAS BEEN EXTRACTED AND MILLED AT THE EL TORO MINE, 3 KM TO THE NORTH. ; 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-OCT-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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