La Venada

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Molybdenum
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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048970
MRDS ID MX00169
Record type Site
Current site name La Venada
Related records 10303333

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.8562, 29.13077 (WGS84)

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

  • ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 1 MINUTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Powellite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.8562, 29.13077

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roof Pendant

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROOF PENDANT OF MARBLE UNDERLAIN BY LARAMIDE GRANITIC BODY. BOTH CUT BY SERIES OF NW-TRENDING, SW-DIPPING LAMPROPHYRE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name /Villa Pesqueria

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 200M
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on development

  • MINED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RADELLI, L., 1985, SCHEELITE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SONORA, MEXICO: BOLETIN DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOLOGIA UNI-SON, SEGUNDA EPOCA, VOL. 2, NUM. 1 Y 2, P. 65-73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE HIGH-GRADE SCHEELITE LENSES IN SKARN DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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