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Gamer

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Manganese
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098746
MRDS ID MX00498
Record type Site
Current site name Gamer
Alternate or previous names Shangri La
Related records 10182807

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.71734, 30.75016 (WGS84)

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 WITHIN 1 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodochrosite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SURFACE ORE: 22% MN
Result SELECTED SAMPLE: 32% MN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.71734, 30.75016
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip 60 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period -1943
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^40% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 40wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 25M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25-METER SHAFT, 15-METER DRIFT ALONG VEIN AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. VEIN WAS INTERCEPTED AT DEPTH OF 12 METERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONTAINING RHODOCHROSITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE AND SEVERAL SULFIDES, AVERAGE WIDTH 30 CM, WITH AVERAGE MN CONTENT OF 25%. ORE BODY APPEARS TO PINCH OUT TO THE NORTH. VEIN IS ABOUT 50% RHODOCHROSITE, PARTLY OXIDIZED IN WEATHERED ZONE.

Reporter information

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