San Juan De Dias

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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 10049041
MRDS ID MX00252
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan De Dias
Related records 10158348

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.92177, 29.07854 (WGS84)
Relative position DIRECTLY W OF CARNAVAL MINE, ON THE W SIDE OF GUAYMAS HIGHWAY, ABOUT 2KM S OF HERMOSILLO, MX.

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
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY OF COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF DUMPS: 1.5% WO3

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.92177, 29.07854

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 150M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hermosillo/Villa Seris

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1945
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tungsten Wo3 1.5 wt-pct Tungsten Major 1945

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVEN SMALL LENSES OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE ALONG IGNEOUS CONTACT OVER STRIKE LENGTH OF 150 M. TACTITE COMPOSED OF ABOUT 50% EPIDOTE, 50% QUARTZ-GARNET-SCHEELITE. SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SUBHEDRAL CRYSTALS UP TO 5 CM ACROSS, IN STRINGERS, AND DISSEMINATED IN TACTITE.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.