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La Quintera

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049018
MRDS ID MX00224
Record type Site
Current site name La Quintera
Alternate or previous names Quinteras, Nuevas Quinteras

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.01866, 27.02529 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR SIMILAR AG-PB-ZN-CU VEIN DEPOSITS (PROMOTORIO AND MINAS NUEVAS), AS WELL AS WITHIN 3 KM OF LA COCINERA (PB-ZN) AND SAN MANUEL (PB-ZN-CU).

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
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AG: 250 G/MT

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) -109.01866, 27.02529
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 90
    Thickness 10M
    Length 700M
    Width 450M
    Depth to bottom 450M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alamos

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 530057000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 300 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Lead Pb 1.3 wt-pct Lead Minor 1985
    Copper Cu 0.3 wt-pct Copper Minor 1985
    Zinc Zn 1.5 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1985
    Gold Au 1 g/mt Gold Trace 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1>LA QUINTERA, 2> QUINTERAS (PROP. CIA. APOLO), 3>NUEVAS QUINTERAS; MAY OR MAY NOT ALL REFER TO SAME DEPOSIT.

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 NEAR MANY SIMILAR AG-PB-ZN-CU VEIN DEPOSITS (E.G. PROMOTORIO AND MINAS NUEVAS) AS WELL AS WITHIN 3 KM OF LA COCINERA (PB-ZN) AND SAN MANUEL (PB-ZN-CU). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB
Deposit QUARTZ-BARITE-TETRAHEDRITE VEIN IS 700 M LONG, 8-10 M WIDE AND 450 M DEEP. TOTAL VOLUME ESTIMATED TO BE 3,150,000 CUBIC METERS.

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

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