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La Mazonena

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049013
MRDS ID MX00219
Record type Site
Current site name La Mazonena
Related records 10279721

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.57565, 28.91272 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM SE OF LA COLORADA AND 5 KM NW OF LA BRONZUDA.

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
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Covellite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

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 > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.57565, 28.91272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip 45 W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 250M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN QUARTZ MONZONITE NEAR CONTACT WITH QUARTZITES, SHALES, AND LIMESTONES OF THE (TRI-JUR) BARRANCA FM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Colorada

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS IN QUARTZ MONZONITE INTRUSIVE OF LARAMIDE AGE. VEIN IS 250 M LONG AND 1 M WIDE.

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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