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Noche

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049036
MRDS ID MX00247
Record type Site
Current site name Noche
Related records 10230327

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.9351, 29.07688 (WGS84)
Relative position SMALL OUTLIER S OF CERRO TECORIPA IN THE PASS BETWEEN IT AND CERRO LUJAN.

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

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 1 KM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.9351, 29.07688
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hermosillo/Cerro Tecoripa

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.9% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1.7 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1945

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSUMED MINING DEPTH: 17 M

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WIESE, JOHN H., AND CARDENAS, SALVADOR, 1945, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF SONORA, MEXICO: USGS BULL 946, P. 103-130

  • Production

    WIESE AND CARDENAS, 1945, P. 116.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE ALONG EASTERN EDGE OF SMALL BLOCK OF LIMESTONE SEPARATED FROM MAIN LIMESTONE MASS BY TONGUE OF F.GR. GRANITE 5 M WIDE. TWO PARALLEL DIABASE DIKES THAT INTRUDE ORE BODY EXPOSED ON 7-METER LEVEL. MAIN TACTITE BODY DIPS W AND PROBABLY DOES NOT CONTINUE BEYOND 10 M BELOW 7-METER LEVEL. CROSSCUT EXPOSED SMALL BODY OF GRANITE PEGMATITE ABOUT 2 M IN DIAM. CONNECTED WITH MAIN BODY OF GRANITE BY A STRINGER 25 CM WIDE. PEGMATITE COMPOSED OF CS GR. QUARTZ, FELDSPAR, MUSCOVITE, AND 5-10 % SCHEELITE IN CS SUBHEDRAL CRYSTALS UP TO 8 CM ACROSS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

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