Sierra Prieta

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10048909
MRDS ID	MX00086
Record type	Site
Current site name	Sierra Prieta
Related records	10230329

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-113.03406, 31.30013 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lukeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Mexico	Sonora

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-113.03406, 31.30013	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT: ESSENTIALLY UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	Los Vidrios/Punta Penasco

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00086

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. 188.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.