Ures

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048911
MRDS ID MX00089
Record type Site
Current site name Ures
Related records 10263936

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.48398, 29.4502 (WGS84)
Relative position 90 KM NE OF HERMOSILLO ON THE NORTH BANK OF RIO DE SONORA.

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

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 1 KM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.48398, 29.4502

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 Baviacora/Ures

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE NUMEROUS W DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA COVERED BY THE HERMOSILLO 2 DEGREE SHEET AND WESTERN HALF OF THE MADERA 2 DEGREE SHEET. THERE ARE EIGHT LARGE TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE LARAMIDE GRANITES N OF URES, CLUSTERED AROUND THE SAN ANTONIO MINE (LAT 29-40- N, LONG 110-15- W). THESE INCLUDE: SAN ANTONIO (EL JARALITO), SANTO NINO, CONTRABANDO, SANTA ELENA, AND LOVENA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

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.