| Deposit ID | 10049090 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MX00313 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | San Felipe |
| Alternate or previous names | San Felipe De Jesus |
| Related records | 10158226 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.30454, 29.88047 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Sonora |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 197,000 PPM CU, 8.0 PPM MO, 1060.0 G/MT AG, 0.8 PPM AU, 17.4% PB, 2.16% ZN,(ASSAY BY CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES) |
|---|---|
| Result | ROLDAN-QUINTANA, 1979, TABLE 3. |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -110.30454, 29.88047 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Normal Faults: N 20-60 W, And Older E-W System. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | One Vein Offset Up To 2 M Along N 20 W Fault. |
| Strike | E-W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 70-80 S |
| Development status | Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | San Felipe De Jesus |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Estimate year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 2000000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 450M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX00313 |
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.
ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., 1979, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DEL DISTRITO DE SAN FELIPE, SONORA: INSTITUTO DE GEOLOGIA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO, REVISTA, V. 3, NUM. 2, P. 97-115.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PEREZ S. LISTS THE LIMESTONE OF THE LOWER METAMORPHIC TERRANE AS LATE JURASSIC IN AGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB |
| Deposit | VEINS FOLLOW FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE AND METAMORPHIC UNIT CONSISTING OF RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE, AND ANDESITIC FLOWS AND TUFFS. TWO PRINCIPAL VEINS, 0.8-3.6 M WIDE, SEPARATED BY 5 M ZONE OF MASSIVE QUARTZ WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE. PRIMARY ORE: ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND PYRITE. ZONE OF SECONDARY ENRICHMENT, 45 M THICK, CONTAINS CU-PB CARBONATES, NATIVE AG, AND ABUNDANT LIMONITE. ONLY MINOR VALUES FOUND BELOW SECONDARY ENRICHMENT ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1988 | Leonard, Kenneth R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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