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San Antonio

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098749
MRDS ID MX00536
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio
Alternate or previous names Victoria, Spirit 1, Spirit 2
Related records 10206361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70067, 30.76683 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 KM NE OF SHANGRI LA CLAIM (GAMER PROPERTY).

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

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70067, 30.76683
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • RHODOCHROSITE ORE SORTED OUT OF OLD DUMPS AND SOLD FOR CHEMICAL PURPOSES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 273-276, 308-309, TABLE 17

  • Production

    TRASK AND RODRIGUEZ, 1948.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN ORE FOUND AS GANGUE IN SILVER, LEAD, AND GOLD VEINS IN OLD MINING AREA. VEINS RANGE UP TO 60 M IN LENGTH AND 1 M IN THICKNESS. AVE. THICKNESS: 60 CM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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