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Santa Ursula

Past Producer in Baja California, Mexico with commodities Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098731
MRDS ID MX00120
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Ursula

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41746, 29.91683 (WGS84)
Relative position IN SANTA URSULA VALLEY, ABOUT 18 KM S 70 W OF THE TOWN OF SAN FERNANDO.

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

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 1 KM. PUBLISHED LOCATIONS; GOMEZ (1961): 29-53- N, 115-25- W. DUTTON (1955): 30-00- N, 115-30- W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 56-68% FE, 0.03-0.16% P, 0.03-0.28% S, (DUTTON, 1955).

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41746, 29.91683
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT: PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL ORIGIN. ASSOCIATED GRANITIC INTRUSIVE(S).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name /San Fernando

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 30000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 63.9 wt-pct Iron Major 1961
    Sulfur S 0.44 wt-pct Sulfur Trace 1961
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.07 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1: PROVEN RESERVES. ITEM 2: PROBABLE RESERVES.
  • TOTAL RESERVES

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY AT LEAST 22 DD-HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P..

  • Deposit

    SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 186.

  • Deposit

    GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (BAJA CALIFORNIA LOC. 4).

  • Deposit

    DUTTON, C.E., 1955, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES IN SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES; OCCURRENCE, APPRAISAL AND USE: NEW YORK, UNITED NATIONS, P. 179-208. IN THE SOUTHERN CORDILLERA: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST, V. 14, P. 237-262.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOMEZ, 1961.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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