San Francisco

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Lithium, Ruthenium, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10092722
MRDS ID MX00469
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco
Related records 10182410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.11741, 31.61679 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quitobaquito Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lukeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Primary
Ruthenium Critical Secondary
Uranium Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 33
USGS model code 13a
Deposit model name Be-Li pegmatites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.11741, 31.61679

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHIC TERRANE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Punta Penasco

Reference information

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.