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Oro Blanco

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Sodium, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048895
MRDS ID MX00069
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Blanco
Alternate or previous names Bacadehuachi
Related records 10303929

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.09784, 29.83769 (WGS84)
Relative position 180 KM EAST OF HERMOSILLO, 60 KM NORTH OF LAMPAZOS AND 30 KM WEST OF BORDER WITH CHIHUAHUA.

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

  • ACCURATE TO WITHIN .5 KM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.09784, 29.83769
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Normal (Basin And Range-Type) Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM

Comments on the geologic information

  • SODIUM DEPOSIT THAT HAS PLACER GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Madera-Bacadehuachi

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minerals Para La Industria, S. A.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Sodium Na 90 wt-pct Sodium Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY EXPLORATION, NO MINING. PRESENTLY UNDER EXPLORATION AND WILL BE MINED WHEN PROFITABLE

Comments on development

  • ONLY EXPLORATION.

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

    PANCZNER, WILLIAM D., 1987, MINERALS OF MEXICO: VAN NOSTRAND REINHOLD COMPANY, NEW YORK, 459 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, GUILLERMO, 1973, LOS RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 73, P.84-85.

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ S., J.R., 1985, RECURSOS MINERALES NO METALICOS Y ROCAS INDUSTRIALES DEL ESTADO DE SONORA: HERMOSILLO, SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA Y ENERGETICOS, 44 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SODIUM SULFATE IN STRATIFORM EVAPORITE BEDS IN UPPER TERTIARY BAUCARIT GROUP ROCKS.

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. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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