Monica

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Graphite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049179
MRDS ID MX00429
Record type Site
Current site name Monica
Related records 10279619

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.93538, 28.94049 (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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 69
USGS model code 18k
Deposit model name Amorphous graphite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.93538, 28.94049

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK (INDICATED BY MAP SYMBOL AND LEGEND): TRIASSIC-JURASSIC QUARTZITE AND CARBONACEOUS SHALE UNIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hermosillo

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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