La Republicana

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048972
MRDS ID MX00175
Record type Site
Current site name La Republicana
Related records 10157955

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.2021, 30.93487 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 KM N OF CABORCA, 10 KM E OF TAJITOS IN SIMILAR ROCKS.

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

  • LOCATION PRINTED ON 1:250000 SCALE GEOLOGIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.2021, 30.93487

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caborca

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COX, DENNIS P., SINGER, DONALD, A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, 397 P.

  • Deposit

    PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAME AS SAN FELIX, POLYMETALLIC VEINS. DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ANDESITES AND PROBABLY A VOLCANIC SEDIMENTARY SERIES OF MID JURASSIC TO LOWER CRETACEOUS ROCKS. QUARTZ-GALENA-PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE-LIMONITE-MALACHITE VEIN IN JURASSIC(?) PORPHYRITIC QUARTZ-FELDSPAR VOLCANICLASTIC UNIT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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