Caborca

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Gold, Copper, Antimony, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048841
MRDS ID MX00009
Record type Site
Current site name Caborca
Related records 10182387

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.16738, 30.71682 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 KM S OF THE U.S. BORDER AND 80 KM W OF SANTA ANA ON MEXICAN HIGHWAY 2.

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
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.16738, 30.71682

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT: PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL ORIGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Caborca

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT CURRENTLY UNDERGOING LARGE-SCALE GOLD EXPLORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH GOLD. GOLD OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN JASPEROID, BARITE, AND IN HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED AREAS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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.