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La Bronzuda

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper
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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 10049014
MRDS ID MX00220
Record type Site
Current site name La Bronzuda
Related records 10303069

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.55621, 28.89189 (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
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
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) > 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) -110.55621, 28.89189
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 12 E
    Dip 35 NW
    Thickness 6M
    Length 200M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK (INDICATED BY MAP SYMBOL AND LEGEND): UPPER TERTIARY RHYOLITES, IGNIMBRITES, AND ANDESITES.

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 VEIN 200 M LONG AND 0.1 TO 6.0 M WIDE.

Reporter information

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

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