San Nicolas

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049003
MRDS ID MX00209
Record type Site
Current site name San Nicolas
Related records 10305241

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.62008, 30.44184 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR LA GLORIA (AG-PB-ZN-CU), BATAMOTE, FLORIDA-BARRIGON, AND NACOZARI DE GARCIA MINES. APPROXIMATELY 15 KM NW OF THE TOWN OF NACOZARI DE GARCIA.

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 Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.62008, 30.44184

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Nacozari

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 49815000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 92 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Lead Pb 0.6 wt-pct Lead Minor 1985
    Zinc Zn 0.12 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FROM DATA TABLE.

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

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

Beyond USGS

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