El Tordillo

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048833
MRDS ID MX00001
Record type Site
Current site name El Tordillo
Related records 10230209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.65063, 28.38357 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR THE YAQUI RIVER, ABOUT 10 KM S OF THE VILLAGE OF EL REALITO.

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

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 1 MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 45
USGS model code 15
Deposit model name W pegmatite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.65063, 28.38357

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /El Realito

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RADELLI, L., 1985, SCHEELITE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SONORA, MEXICO: BOLETIN DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOLOGIA UNI-SON, SEGUNDA EPOCA, VOL. 2, NUM. 1 Y 2, P. 65-73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EUHEDRAL SCHEELITE AND FLAKES OF MOLYBDENITE IN WEAKLY SERICITIZED QUARTZ-MONZONITIC GRANITE, ON THE BORDER OF A BODY OF LEUCOCRATIC GRANITE (RADELLI, 1985).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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