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La Carta Blanca

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Antimony
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  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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  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 10049194
MRDS ID MX00446
Record type Site
Current site name La Carta Blanca
Related records 10230096

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60322, 30.72265 (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

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 0.5 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Commonly Altered.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60322, 30.72265
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Parallel To One Of Three Well-Developed Fracture Systems That Are Nearly Perpendicular To One Another.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20-70 E
    Dip 37-80 W
    Thickness 0.02M
    Length 270M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mostly Low-Grade. Best Ore Found In More Flatly Dipping Parts Of The Vein.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IS IN SAME LARGE BODY OF QUARTZ PORPHYRY AS THE LA FORTUNA VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name El Antimonio/La Fortuna

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rafael Ruiz, El Antimonio, Sonora, Mx.
    First year 1943

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period -1943
    Material ORE SB
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^40% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Antimony Antimony 40wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 18M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS SHALLOW EXCEPT FOR TUNNEL DRIVEN TO INTERSECT VEIN 18 M BELOW SURFACE. SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE FOUND IN TUNNEL. WATER TABLE ESTIMATED TO BE AT LEAST 40 M BELOW TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D.E. AND GUIZA, REINALDO, 1949, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF EL ANTIMONIO DISTRICT, SONORA, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 962-B, P.109-110, PLATE 24

  • Production

    WHITE AND GUIZA, 1949.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN STRIKES N 20-70 E, CURVING GRADUALLY FROM EASTERLY STRIKE NEAR SOUTH END TO A NORTHERLY STRIKE NEAR NORTH END, AND DIPS 37-80 W. KNOWN LENGTH: 190 M. POSSIBLE TOTAL LENGTH: 270 M. AVE. WIDTH: 15 CM. CONSISTS OF QUARTZ ENCLOSING EVENLY DISSEMINATED GRAINS OF ANTIMONY OXIDE.

Reporter information

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

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