El Corsario

Past Producer in Baja California, Mexico with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049291
MRDS ID MX00571
Record type Site
Current site name El Corsario

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90488, 28.35022 (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 Baja California

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 15 SECONDS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90488, 28.35022

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 /El Barril

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 500000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3 g/mt Gold Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1> POSSIBLE (INFERRED) ORE. 2> ORE DUMP.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, 15 M DEEP.

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE: 1940-1945.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ G., J.A., Y AMAYA M., R., 1980, PROGRAMA DE EXPLORACION POR ORO EN EL PROYECTO EL BARRIL, MINA LA SIRENA, BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE: SEMINARIO SOBRE EXPLORACION GEOLOGICO-MINERA 8, 1980, P. 137-162

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONTINUOUS VEIN ALONG FAULT DIPPING 30 SW. SIMILAR TO MINA LA SIRENA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.