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El Camino

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049047
MRDS ID MX00258
Record type Site
Current site name El Camino
Related records 10182880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.96316, 28.99465 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 KM S OF HERMOSILLO, 4 KM NW OF THE LOS ANDES AND ADJACENT CLAIMS.

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
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.5 % WO3

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.96316, 28.99465
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAIM COVERS A BLOCK OF LIMESTONE 200 M LONG WITH MAX. WIDTH OF 70 M. SOUTH SIDE OF BLOCK IS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH GRANITE, BUT THE IRREGULAR CONTACT ON THE OTHER SIDES IS INTRUSIVE AND SEVERAL TACTITE BODIES HAVE FORMED AT THIS INTRUSIVE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hermosillo/Rancho De Las Viboras

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1.5 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1945

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON INDICATED ORE TO A DEPTH OF 10 M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WIESE, JOHN H., AND CARDENAS, SALVADOR, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF SONORA, MEXICO: USGS BULL 946, P. 103-130.

  • Deposit

    PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL TACTITE BODIES. MOST COMPOSED OF BARREN GARNET, EXCEPT FOR TWO, ONE 20 M LONG AND THE OTHER 25 M LONG, THAT CONTAIN SCHEELITE. THE WIDTH OF THE ORE BODIES RANGES FROM A FEW DECIMETERS TO 2 M.

Reporter information

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

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