La Antigua

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
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	10049229
MRDS ID	MX00494
Record type	Site
Current site name	La Antigua

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-109.03393, 27.26695 (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
Silver	Primary
Lead	Secondary
Zinc Critical	Secondary
Copper	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore
Pyrite	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	85
USGS model code	22c
Deposit model name	Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number	46

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-109.03393, 27.26695	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
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	MX00494

Bibliographic references

Deposit

GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P..
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-JUN-1987	Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-NOV-1987	Leonard, Kenneth R.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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