Mina Mexico

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  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 10048984
MRDS ID MX00188
Record type Site
Current site name Mina Mexico
Related records 10182199

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.41868, 28.8655 (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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Kaolin Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FROM A FEW OZ/TON UP TO 200 OZ/TON AG, (HYNES, 1912).

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Barranca Formation
    Rock description Barranca Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.41868, 28.8655

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 52 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SANDSTONE, SHALES, LIMESTONE OF THE BARRANCA FM. COUNTRY ROCK (ACCORDING TO HYNES, 1912): LIMESTONE AND F. GR. SILICEOUS, CALCAREOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS UNCONFORMABLY OVERLAIN BY CONGLOMERATE INTERBEDDED WITH ANDESITIC(?) FLOWS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bacanora/Sahuaripa

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 883.92M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN 1912 EXTENDED 2900 FT ALONG STRIKE AND 800 FT DOWN DIP OF VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 2 FT IN WIDTH (AVE: <1 FT) CONTAIN BANDED ORE COMPOSED OF QUARTZ, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, GALENA, CALCITE, AND TETRAHEDRITE. OXIDIZED ABOVE 50 FT DEPTH. DISSEMINATED PYRITE IN SEDIMENTARY WALL ROCKS.
Deposit NUMEROUS DISCREPANCIES IN DATA DERIVED FROM PEREZ, 1985. MAP SYMBOL INDICATES AG + BASE-METAL VEIN IN PALEOZOIC (UNDIVIDED) LIMESTONE, QUARTZ, SHALE AND CHERT UNIT. TABLE INDICATES GOLD-SILVER VEIN STRIKING N 50 W WITH 52 SW DIP IN QUARTZITES AND SHALES OF TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC AGE. ONLY MINERALS INDICATED IN TABLE ARE PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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