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Promontorio

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049019
MRDS ID MX00225
Record type Site
Current site name Promontorio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.00059, 27.00307 (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
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

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) -109.00059, 27.00307
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5M
    Width 150M
    Depth to bottom 150M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alamos

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cia. Mcclean
    First year 1985

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 216673000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 180 g/mt Silver Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FROM 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS 5 M WIDE AND 150 M DEEP. QUARTZ AND COPPER OXIDES ARE ONLY MINERALS REPORTED SPECIFICALLY.
Deposit NEAR MANY SIMILAR AG-PB-ZN-CU VEIN DEPOSITS (E.G. LA QUINTERA AND MINAS NUEVAS) AS WELL AS WITHIN 3 KM OF LA COCINERA (PB-ZN) AND SAN MANUEL (PB-ZN-CU). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

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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