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Banco De Oro

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095817
MRDS ID MX00287
Record type Site
Current site name Banco De Oro
Related records 10303059

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.51044, 31.12792 (WGS84)
Relative position 115 KM SE OF SONOYTA (SONOITA) ON MEXICAN HIGHWAY 2, AND 33 KM N OF CABORCA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lukeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 5 SECONDS.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = H12-1 PUERTO PENASCO 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.51044, 31.12792
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SERIES OF WHITE QUARTZ VEINS WITH GOLD VALUES IN SHOOTS FROM 0.5 - 5.0 M IN WIDTH HAVE BEEN WORKED IN THE DISTRICT. HOST ROCKS ARE GRANITE, META-ANDESITE AND SANDSTONES, OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE AND INTRUDED BY PLUGS OF DIORITE AND PYROXENITE. A STEEP DIPPING STOCKWORK OF BARREN QUARTZ VEINLETS CHARACTERIZES THE CENTRAL PART OF THE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caborca

Comments on development

  • SAMPLED BY M. SILBERMAN (USGS), 1984-85.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILBERMAN, MILES, 1986, GOLD BELT MAP OF NW SONORA, MX, UNPUBLISHED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN(S).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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