| Deposit ID | 10049150 |
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| MRDS ID | MX00394 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | El Tigre |
| Alternate or previous names | Veins: Tigre, Seitz-Kelley, Sooy |
| Related records | 10206474 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.05618, 30.46824 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
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| Mexico | Sonora |
| Commodity | Importance |
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| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
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| Argentite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Freibergite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Stromeyerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Result | 0.25 OZ AU/TON, 39.0 OZ AG/TON, AU:AG RATIO - 1:162, (BUCHANAN, 1981). 1.5% ZN, 1.1% PB, 0.4% CU, (MISCHLER AND BUDROW, 1925). |
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| Model code | 106 |
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| USGS model code | 25b |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Creede |
| Mark3 model number | 58 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
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| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||
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| Host or associated | Associated |
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| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
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| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
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| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
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| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host |
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| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| (1) | -109.05618, 30.46824 |
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| Strike | N 5-10 W |
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| Dip | 60 W |
| Development status | Past Producer |
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| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1903 |
| District name | Nacozari |
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| Year | 1912 | ||||||||||||||
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| Material | ORE AG | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^348 Oz/Ton | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | -1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | AG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^8.6 G/T Au, 1337.0 G/T Ag, 0.25% Cu, 1.0% Pb, 1.5% Zn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | -1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE AG AU | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.25 Oz Au, 39.0 Oz Ag/Ton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX00394 |
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.
BUCHANAN, L.J., 1981, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ENVIRONMENTS IN THE SOUTHWEST IN DICKINSON, W.R., AND PAYNE, W.D., (EDS.), 1981, RELATIONS OF TECTONICS TO ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 14, P. 237-262.
MISCHLER, R.T., AND BUDROW, L.R., 1925, METHODS OF MINING AND ORE ESTIMATION AT THE LUCKY TIGER MINE: A.I.M.E. TRANS. V. 72, P. 468-484.
SKINNER, E.N., AND PLATE, H.R., 1915, MINING COSTS OF THE WORLD: NEW YORK, N.Y., MCGRAW-HILL BOOK CO., INC., P. 395.
COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.
MOSIER, D.L., MENZIE, W.D., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1986, GEOLOGIC AND GRADE-TONNAGE INFORMATION ON TERTIARY EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS- AND BASE-METAL VEIN DISTRICTS ASSOCIATED WITH VOLCANIC ROCKS: USGS BULLETIN 1666, 39 P.
SKINNER AND PLATE, 1915; BUCHANAN, 1981; MOSIER, ET.AL., 1986 (ITEM 4).
| Subject category | Comment text |
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| Deposit | THREE MAIN VEINS, ABOUT 600 FT APART. LENGTH: 1500-6000 FT. AVE. DEPTH: 1000-1200 FT. AVE. WIDTH: 1.1-1.9 FT. LENTICULAR ORE SHOOTS HAVE 6:1 RATIO OF HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL EXTENT. VERTICAL EXTENT: 300 M. ORE CONSISTS OF INTERGROWTHS OF SPHALERITE-GALENA-PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE-TETRAHEDRITE-STROMEYERITE IN GANGUE OF KAOLINIZED OR SILICIFIED RHYOLITE. SILICIFICATION INTENSE ABOVE ORE, PYRITIZATION INTENSE BELOW. ZNS INCREASES WITH DEPTH. OXIDIZED TO 61 M DEPTH. |
| 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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