San Felipe

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -110.30454, 29.88047 (WGS84)

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

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 5 SECONDS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic, Silicic

Analytical data

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.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 50.47
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.30454, 29.88047

Economic information

Geologic structures

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.

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 70-80 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Fault System.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DISTRICT GEOLOGY: EARLY CRETACEOUS METAMORPHIC TERRANE DERIVED FROM A SEQUENCE OF ANDESITIC FLOWS AND TUFFS UNCONFORMABLY OVERLYING LIMESTONE-CONGLOMERATE-SILTSTONE UNIT; CONFORMABLY OVERLAIN BY PALEOCENE(?) RHYOLITE, IGNIMBRITE AND TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE; UNCONFORMABLY OVERLAIN BY EARLY MIOCENE BAUCARIT FM. (SANDSTONE, CONGLOMERATE, AND CLAY HORIZONS WITH INTERBEDDED BASALTIC-ANDESITIC FLOWS), CAPPED BY PLIOCENE CLASTIC MATERIAL. INTRUSIVE ROCKS INCLUDE: 1> GRANITIC BATHOLITH WITH GRANODIORITE FACIES, 2> RHYOLITE PORPHYRY STOCK DATED AT 50.47 +/- 1.6 M.Y., AND 3> SMALL ANDESITIC INTRUSIVES OF MIOCENE AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Felipe De Jesus

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 2000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 100 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Lead Pb 3 wt-pct Lead Major 1985
    Zinc Zn 6 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SAN FELIPE DISTRICT.
  • CAPACITY: 40 TPD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 450M

Comments on the workings information

  • A450 M OF WORKINGS ON TWO LEVELS. 100 TPD PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    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.

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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