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Altar

Prospect 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. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10097321
MRDS ID MX00286
Record type Site
Current site name Altar
Related records 10230198

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.8507, 30.71682 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 KM NE OF ALTAR, MX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.8507, 30.71682
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IN JURASSIC SANDSTONE, SHALE AND CONGLOMERATE; SURROUNDED BY TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caborca

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILBERMAN, MILES, 1986, GOLD BELT MAP, NORTHWESTERN SONORA, MEXICO: UNPUBLISHED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN CM TO M SCALE DISCONTINUOUS AU-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS OF LIMITED STRIKE LENGTH. LOW TO MODERATE AG CONTENT, VARIABLE AS, AND VARIABLE BUT GENERALLY LOW TO MODERATE BASE-METAL CONTENT. SIMILAR TO BANCO DE ORO DEPOSIT.

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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