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Cadena Del Cobre

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Tungsten, 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 10049050
MRDS ID MX00262
Record type Site
Current site name Cadena Del Cobre
Related records 10230465

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.36729, 29.20021 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 KM N OF SAHUARIPA ON S BANK OF THE YAQUI RIVER.

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
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES OF BEST ORE CONTAINED UP TO 3.75 % WO3, BUT MIN. ZONE PROBABLY AVERAGES CONSIDERABLY LESS.

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) -109.36729, 29.20021
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 50M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Discoverer Homer L. Carr

Mining district

District name /Tonichi

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY STAKED FOR COPPER.

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 FINE-GRAINED SCHEELITE OCCURS IN TACTITE ALONG INTRUSIVE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANITE. KNOWN MINERALIZED BODY ABOUT 50 M LONG AND UP TO SEVERAL M WIDE. COPPER MINERALIZATION IS IN SEPARATE PART OF THE CONTACT ZONE WHICH CONTAINS NO TUNGSTEN.

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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