Santa Rosa

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite, Graphite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048904
MRDS ID MX00080
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa
Related records 10281143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.7548, 28.60023 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 KM FROM SAN JAVIER, IN THE VICINITY OF THE SAN JAVIER AND SAN JUAN 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Graphite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Barranca And Mono Formation
    Rock description Barranca And Mono Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.7548, 28.60023

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Complicated By Faulting.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip 48 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS FAULTED BY HIGH ANGLE NORMAL FAULTS WHICH ARE MIOCENE OR LATER, PROBABLY BASIN AND RANGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Javier

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobre De Sonora

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 16000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 262.2 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Lead Pb 1.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1985
    Zinc Zn 5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1985
    Gold Au 1.25 g/mt Gold Minor 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PARALLEL EPITHERMAL VEINS SIMILAR TO SAN JAVIER DEPOSIT. REPORT OF MOLYBDENITE VEINS IN GRANITIC ROCKS (MAY REFER TO A DIFFERENT SITE.)

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

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