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Las Lamas

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098752
MRDS ID MX00573
Record type Site
Current site name Las Lamas
Related records 10133201

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.30676, 29.87741 (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 NEAREST 5 SECONDS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Marmatite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hedenbergite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 168.0 G/MT AG, 12.4% ZN, 0.004% PB
Result ROLDAN-QUINTANA, 1979, P. 113.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.30676, 29.87741
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike S 70 W
    Dip 70-80 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Felipe De Jesus

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEE SANTA ROSA MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., 1979, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DEL DISTRITO DE SAN FELIPE, SONORA: INSTITUTO DE GEOLOGIA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO, REVISTA, V. 3, NUM. 2, P. 97-115

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYROXENE HORNFELS WITH SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, GALENA, MINOR MARCASITE AND PYRRHOTITE, CROSSCUT BY MAGNETITE-CALCITE VEINLETS. TABULAR OREBODY 2-5 M WIDE.

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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