Trincheras

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Antimony, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049211
MRDS ID MX00470
Record type Site
Current site name Trincheras
Related records 10255588

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.58402, 30.36684 (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
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.58402, 30.36684

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT: PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL ORIGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name /Trincheras

Comments on development

  • BONANZA, 1920. PLACERS WORKED ON SMALL SCALE SINCE THEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188.

  • Deposit

    ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., 1979, BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE OF SONORA, MEXICO IN ANDERSON, T.H., AND ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., (EDS.), 1979, GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 27; GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN SONORA: U.N.A.M.- UNIV. PITTSBURG, P. 71.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANTIMONY VEIN DEPOSIT IN AREA WORKED FOR PLACER GOLD. PLACERS COVER AREA APPROX. 20 KM LONG OVER WIDTH RANGING FROM 100 M TO 1 KM. SEE RECORD NO. 329.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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