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San Fernando

Occurrence in Durango, Mexico with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050019
MRDS ID MX09030
Record type Site
Current site name San Fernando

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.11721, 25.30036 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 0-16 KM E OF SINALOA BORDER, 10 KM NW OF BARLO VILLAGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Durango

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR ZONE EL TIGRE, SAN FERNANDO, AND ZONE TACUITAPA MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.11721, 25.30036
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Fernando

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF DURANGO AND CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1980, GEOLOGIC AND METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, FIRST EDITION, 1:500,000 SCALE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MEDIUM SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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