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San Felix

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048977
MRDS ID MX00180
Record type Site
Current site name San Felix
Related records 10279870

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.64655, 30.60709 (WGS84)
Elevation 200
Relative position 40 KM W OF CABORCA, 35 KM E OF MARDE CORTEZ.

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

  • MAP SYMBOL PRINTED ON 1:250000 SCALE GEOLOGIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.64655, 30.60709
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 W
    Dip 45 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AT SAN FELIX REGARDING THE AGE OF THE SEDIMENTARY HOST ROCK, BUT THE VEINS OCCUR IN NEARBY GRANITE OF JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS AGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caborca

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 10 g/mt Gold Major 1985
    Silver Ag 300 g/mt Silver Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA TAKEN FROM TABLE AND MAP, GRADES UNCERTAIN.

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.

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

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

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