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El Zubiate

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049011
MRDS ID MX00217
Record type Site
Current site name El Zubiate
Related records 10190881

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.58815, 28.93216 (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
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Polybasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.58815, 28.93216
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 1>N 30-50 W, 2>N 50-82 E
    Dip 1>39-62 SE, 2>36-78 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name La Colorada

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Minas Sopoya
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner St. Fabien Exploration-Canada (49%); Minas Sopoya

Comments on development

  • 100,000 TONS OF HIGH-GRADE AG DUMP MATERIAL BEING TREATED IN 1981.

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.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, V. 296, NO. 7804, P. 370. (MAY 15, 1981)

  • Production

    MINING JOURNAL, 1981.

Reporter information

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

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