San Francisco

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048900
MRDS ID MX00075
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco
Related records 10206153

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03407, 31.50012 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED IN THE CERRO PRIETO REGION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quitobaquito Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lukeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Goethite Ore
Gold Ore
Mimetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03407, 31.50012

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT: ESSENTIALLY UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cucurpe/Punta Penasco

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 125000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 3 g/mt Gold Major 1985
    Silver Ag 200 g/mt Silver Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FROM DATA TABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MODERATELY DISTRIBUTED GOLD IS FOUND THROUGHOUT AREA AND IS EXCEPTIONALLY RICH AT SAN FRANCISCO MINE. GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE, GEOTHITE, QUARTZ, MIMETITE, AND WULFENITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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