Noche Buena

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Uranium, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048894
MRDS ID MX00068
Record type Site
Current site name Noche Buena
Related records 10230642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.12706, 29.91407 (WGS84)
Relative position 100 KM DIRECTLY N OF HERMOSILLO.

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
Uranium Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • U OCCURS IN VEINS ALONG WITH PB ZN AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pitchblende Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.12706, 29.91407

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 W
    Dip 35-60 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hermosillo/Carbo

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 55000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 400 g/mt Silver Minor 1985
    Gold Au 8.5 g/mt Gold Major 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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

Beyond USGS

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