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Lucia

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Molybdenum
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048863
MRDS ID MX00033
Record type Site
Current site name Lucia
Alternate or previous names Beatriz
Related records 10158512

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.87285, 28.40302 (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 Sonora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Potassic (Locally)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.87285, 28.40302
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Structural Trends: N 70 E And N 10 W.

Ore body information

  • General form ENLONGATED BRECCIA BODY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tecoripa

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.

  • Deposit

    SOLANO, R.B., AND DOMINGUEZ, L.E., 1972, PROYECTO LUCIA RE EVALUACION DEL POSIBLE ZONAMIENTO DE ALTERACION POTASICA, REP. INT. MINERA TRION, S.A. DE C.V., 21 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION FOLLOWS BRECCIATED STRUCTURE. SULFIDE CONTENT: 0.5-2.0%. THE CHALCOPYRITE TO PYRITE RATIO IS 2:1 (SOLANO AND DOMINGUEZ).

Reporter information

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

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