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El Rincon

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048971
MRDS ID MX00174
Record type Site
Current site name El Rincon
Related records 10206197

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60628, 30.73154 (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

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 0.5 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Diorite Bleached For A Distance Of Several Cm From Veins.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60628, 30.73154
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 1>N 0-20 E, 2>N 60 E
    Dip 1>25-30 W, 2>STEEP N
    Thickness 0.02M
    Length 20M
    Width 5M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHORT, NARROW VEINS. CONSIDERED TO BE AN UNPROMISING PROSPECT BY WHITE AND GUIZA, (1949).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Antimonio/La Fortuna

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 5M

Comments on development

  • NEGLIGIBLE PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE NUMBER OF WIDELY SCATTERED VEINS. AVERAGE LENGTH: 20 M, WIDTH: 5-15 CM. DISSEMINATED OR IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED GRAINS OF ANTIMONY OXIDE IN COARSE-GRAINED QUARTZ. NONE OF THE VEINS WORKED TO DEPTH OF MORE THAN 5 M DOWN DIP (AS OF 1943.) EASTERNMOST VEINS HOSTED IN TRI-JUR SEDIMENTS, PARALLEL TO AND IMMEDIATELY BELOW CONTACT WITH F.GR.DIORITE INTRUSIVE. STRIKE: N TO N 20 E, DIP: 25-30 W. SYSTEM OF VEINS IN DIORITE STRIKES N 60 E AND DIPS STEEPLY N.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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