Alamos District

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Gold, Copper, Tungsten

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10049215
MRDS ID	MX00475
Record type	Site
Current site name	Alamos District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-108.93393, 27.05029 (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 MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Copper	Secondary
Tungsten Critical	Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-108.93393, 27.05029	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

GOLD-COPPER VEINS AND W-BEARING PEGMATITES ASSOCIATED WITH GRANITIC INTRUSIVE(S).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Alamos

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00475

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-FEB-1988	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.