Campodonico

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Iron, Magnesite, Titanium, Metal, Manganese, Copper
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048879
MRDS ID MX00051
Record type Site
Current site name Campodonico
Related records 10133342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.58816, 29.47103 (WGS84)
Relative position 15KMS DIRECTLY S OF CERRO DE ORO AND 40 KM NE OF HERMOSILLO, NEAR SANTO NINO AND LA RAMONA MINES.

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.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = HERMOSILLO 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Magnesite Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 50.00% MAG, 8.40% FE++, .610% MGO, .312% TIO2, .026% CU.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Olivine Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 66.80% TOTAL FE, 1.10% SILICA, 0.066% TOTAL S, 0.112% P, 0.290% MN
Result CABRERA, ET.AL., 1983, TABLE IV.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.58816, 29.47103

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roof Pendant

Ore body information

  • General form ROOF PENDENT

Comments on the geologic information

  • FE SKARNS ARE PREVALENT THROUGHOUT THIS REGION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hermosillo

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 5000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 67 wt-pct Iron Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED RESERVES.

Comments on development

  • SLIGHT DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.