San Pascual

Prospect in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Iron, Magnesite, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048849
MRDS ID MX00019
Record type Site
Current site name San Pascual

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.01727, 27.17945 (WGS84)
Relative position IN THE VICINITY OF RANCHO DE PIEDRAS VERDES.

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 15 SECONDS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Magnesite Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 52.92% MAG, 52.60% FE SOL, 5.40% FE++, 7.819% MGO, 0.520% TIO2, 0.052% CU.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 52.80% TOTAL FE, 7.85% SILICA, 0.006% TOTAL S, 1.15% CAO, 0.086% P, 0.053% MN
Result CABRERA, ET.AL., 1983, TABLE IV.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 158
USGS model code 25i
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted magnetite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.01727, 27.17945

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Alamos

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 9000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 52 wt-pct Iron Major 1983
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 25000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 62.5 wt-pct Iron Major 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED RESERVES.
  • PROVEN RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (SONORA LOC. 1).

  • Deposit

    PEREZ S., E., 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA, 1:250,000; UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA, PUBLICACION NO. 7, 66 P. AND PLATES.

  • Deposit

    CABRERA F., F.J., VEGA G., E.L., AND PEREZ S., E., 1983, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE FIERRO EN SONORA, EVALUACION GEOLOGICA REGIONAL: GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA, Y ENERGETICOS, HERMOSILLO, SONORA, 64 P.

  • Reserve-Resource

    CABRERA, ET.AL., 1983, TABLE VI.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FE DEPOSIT IN VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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