El Desierto De Sonora

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Tungsten

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10049068
MRDS ID	MX00285
Record type	Site
Current site name	El Desierto De Sonora
Related records	10206089

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-113.75076, 32.13066 (WGS84)
Relative position	4 KM S OF THE U.S. BORDER AND 10 KM E OF EL PODREGAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tule Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cabeza Prieta Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ajo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country	State
Mexico	Sonora

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Tungsten Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Scheelite	Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	45
USGS model code	15
Deposit model name	W pegmatite

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-113.75076, 32.13066	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

GRANITE AND PEGMATITE INTRUDED PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS, MIGMATITE, GRANITE, AND AMPHIBOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Medium
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Desierto De Altar

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00285

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	TUNGSTEN-BEARING PEGMATITE VEINS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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