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Santo Domingo Mine

Producer in Baja California Sur, Mexico with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024656
MRDS ID ISM0383
Record type Site
Current site name Santo Domingo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.00063, 24.28372 (WGS84)
Elevation 19
Relative position CENTROID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Baja California Sur

Comments on the location information

  • ELENAS ORE ZONE IS 6 KM BY 3.5 KM; PRADOS ORE ZONE EXTENDS OVER 9 KM LENGTH. GEODETIC COORDINATES FROM USBM FILE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Salada Formation;Monterey Formation
    Rock description Salada Formation;Monterey Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.00063, 24.28372
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Purisima Iray Basin

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; APATITE (FRANCOLITE) QUARTZ, IRONOXIDE, TITANIUM MINERALS, ZIRCONE; SANTO DOMINGO DEPOSIT ESSENTIALLY IS A BEACHSAND PLACER MINERALIZATION; FORMED THROUGH WEATHERING OF MIOCENE PHOSPHORITES. OREBODY, (UP TO NOW EXPLORED ONLY ON 60 KM2 AREA, WHICH IS ABOUT 4 % OF TOTAL DEPOSIT AREA), AVERAGES IN THICKNESS 15 M, AND IN GRADE 10.1 % BPL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1982

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Roca Fosforica Mexicana S.A. (Rofomex) (Government Owned)

Comments on the production information

  • PLANNED INITIAL CAPACITY 1.5 MIL TPY CONCENTRATE PLANNED EXTENSION FOR 4.5 MILLION TPY BY MID 1980ESINITIAL CAPACITY (IN 1982) WILL BE 1.5 MILLION TPY CONCENTRATE (67.7 % BPL)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORIGINAL DATA IN "TONS" (1,450 MIL TONS)
  • R2E-RESOURCES

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(YES); EXPLORATION(YES); START OF PRODUCTION PLANNED 1982, WITH INITIAL OUTPUT OF 1.5 MILLION TPY CONCENTRATE (67.7 % BPL). MINING WILL CONSIST IN DREDGING. 10 TONNES OF MINED BEACH SAND YIELD 1 TONNE OF CONCENTRATE. CHEMISTRY OF CONCENTRATE NOT CALCINED: 29 % P2O5, 46.14 % CAO, 2.15 % FE2O3, 1.96 % AL2O3, 0.77 % MGO, 0.73 % NA2O, 0.32 % K2O, 6.78 % SIO2, 5.33 % CO2, 1.51 % SO3, 2.95 % F, 0.33 % OM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

  • Deposit

    ANONYM, 1980: MEXICO-PHOSPHATE ROCK PRODUCER OF THE FUTURE. PHOSPHORUS & POTASSIUM, NO.109, SEPT./OCT. 1980, P.20-24

  • Deposit

    CLARKE, G. 1980: MEXICAN PHOSPHATE..., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO.152, MAY 1980, P.79-91, LONDON

  • Production

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO.152, MAY 1980, LONDON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE 0 PLANNED: CYCLONING, WASHING, GRAVITY SEPARATION, AND FLOTATION CONTRADICTIONS IN INFORMATIONS ABOUT BENEFICIATION CAPACITY: (INDUSTRIAL MINERALS:) 750,000 TPY CONCENTRATE, OTHER INFO: 120,000 TPY CONCENTRATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)

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