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Moradillas

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Graphite
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049076
MRDS ID MX00296
Record type Site
Current site name Moradillas
Alternate or previous names San Jose De Moradillas
Related records 10280105

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.50065, 28.6169 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 KM N OF CERRO DE LAS MINAS (GRAPHITE) MINES AND 40 KM NE OF ORTIZ.

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
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 107
USGS model code 37f
Deposit model name Disseminated flake graphite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Barranca Formation
    Rock description Barranca Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.50065, 28.6169
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: TEN MINES IN AREA. COUNTRY ROCKS ARE TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC QUARTZITES, SHALES, AND LIMESTONES OF THE BARRANCA FORMATION, SURROUNDED BY LARAMIDE AGE GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moradillas/Guaymas

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRATIFORM GRAPHITE DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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