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Lampazos

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048882
MRDS ID MX00054
Record type Site
Current site name Lampazos
Related records 10257202

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.41174, 29.40993 (WGS84)
Relative position 180 KM E OF HERMOSILLO, 20 KM NW OF LA GLORIA CU-MO-W MINE.

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
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

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) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.41174, 29.40993
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: DEPOSIT OCCURS AT CONTACT BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT VOLCANIC UNITS. THE ANDESITE, LATITE, TUFF, LIMESTONE UNIT IS A PENDANT WITH RHYOLITIC AND SOME GRANITIC VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Madera-Tepache

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 1000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 430 g/mt Silver Major 1985
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 420.711 g/mt Silver Major 1980

Comments on development

  • OWNED AND OPERATED BY CIA MINERA LAMPAZOS S.A.. IN 1975 MILLING REACHED 400 TONNES/DAY OF MOSTLY SILVER ORES TO PRODUCE 2.0 MILLION OZ OF SILVER. REEVALUATION OF AN OLD MINE SHOWED IT WOULD BE PROFITABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUILD, PHILIP W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: LISTING OF DEPOSITS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-B, 72 P..

  • 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

    SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188.

  • Deposit

    ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., 1979, BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE OF SONORA, MEXICO IN ANDERSON, T.H., AND ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., (EDS.), 1979, GUIDEBOOK, FIELD TRIP 27; GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN SONORA: U.N.A.M.- UNIV. PITTSBURG, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING, JULY, 1980, P. ?

  • Deposit

    COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.

  • Production

    PEREZ SEGURA, 1985

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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