Inguaran

Producer in Michoacan De Ocampo, Mexico with commodities Tungsten, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024810
MRDS ID ISM0562
Record type Site
Current site name Inguaran

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.64121, 18.88148 (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 Michoacan De Ocampo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.64121, 18.88148

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Breccia Pipe In Cretaceous Granodiorite Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; SCL5 + QRTZ + EPDT + TRML + CLRT + CLCT + CLCP + PYRT; MINOR AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE OCCUR WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE IN THE MATRIX OF BRECCIA PIPES MEASURING AS MUCH AS 600 M BY 300 M ACROSS AND UP TO 225 M IN VERTICAL EXTENT. AS MANY AS 10 BRECCIA PIPES OCCUR IN DISTRICT, BUT ONLY 3 CONT AIN ECONOMIC DEPOSITS. THE A-B PIPE IS THE PRINCIPAL OREBODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1971
Year of last production 1987

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Zinc De Mexico, S.A.

Production statistics

  • Year 1979
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^64.2% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 64wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 2900 METRIC TONS PER DAY (MINED)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 6000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 0.04 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1976
    Copper Cu 1.2 wt-pct Copper Major 1976

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). TUNGSTEN IS PRODUCED AS A BYPRODUCT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SILLITOE,R.H., 1976, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MEXICAN PORPHYRY BELT: INSTITU TION OF MINING AND METALLURGY TRANSACTIONS, SECTION B, VOL. 85, P. B170-B189.

  • Deposit

    SAWKINS,F.J., 1978, FLUID INCLUSION STUDIES OF THE INGUARAN COPPER-BEARING BRECCIA PIPES, MICHOACAN, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 74, NO. 4, P. 924-927.

  • Deposit

    MINERALS BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL AND ENERGY AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF SOUT H AFRICA, 1982, MEXICO, A MINERALS INDUSTRY SURVEY; INTERNAL REPORT 81, P. 58.

  • Production

    PA1: (RF3)

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.). UNDERGROUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1987 Sinclair, W.David Geological Survey of Canada

Beyond USGS

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