Socorro

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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049371
MRDS ID MX01040
Record type Site
Current site name Socorro
Related records 10303096

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.05081, 31.00013 (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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.05081, 31.00013

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHAVEZ CALLS IT A SKARN BUT DOES NOT DESCRIBE IN ANY DETAIL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Socorro

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MENCHACA DE LA FUENTE MOISES J., 1985, ANALISIS METALOGENETICO REGIONAL DE LA PENNISULA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA: MASTERS THESIS, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONIMA, MEXICO FACULTAD DE INGENIERIA, MEXICO CITY, 158 P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1993 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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