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Los Pinos

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048980
MRDS ID MX00183
Record type Site
Current site name Los Pinos
Related records 10158380

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.93117, 28.70995 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 KM W OF LA CHIPRIONA.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 106
USGS model code 25b
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Creede
Mark3 model number 58

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.93117, 28.70995
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Basin And Range Normal Faulting.

Ore body information

  • Strike 1>N 5 E, 2>N 35 E
    Dip 1>75 N, 2>70 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS UPPER TERTIARY ANDESITE, RHYOLITE, IGNIMBRITE AND ASSORTED FELSIC IGNEOUS ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sahuaripa/Tarachi

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 250 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Lead Pb 10 wt-pct Lead Major 1985
    Zinc Zn 8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Production

    PEREZ, 1985.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAP SYMBOL INDICATES PB-ZN-CU VEIN ALTHOUGH SPHALERITE AND GALENA ARE THE ONLY ORE MINERALS LISTED IN TABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN CARRYING BASE-METAL SULFIDES.

Reporter information

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

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