El Creston

Prospect in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc
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Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279590
MRDS ID MX00030
MAS/MILS ID 2010490179
Record type Site
Current site name El Creston
Alternate or previous names La Colorado Mine
Related records 10048860

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -110.65756, 29.93078 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -110.65756, 29.93078

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Minera Opodeope, S. De R. L. De C. V.
    Year 1994
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eldorado Corp. Ltd
    Interest 100
    First year 1995

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.34 g/mt Gold 0

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FROM USGS MRDS MX00030

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAR-1996 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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