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Aconchi

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Beryllium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049075
MRDS ID MX00294
Record type Site
Current site name Aconchi
Related records 10182539

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.10898, 30.05018 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 KM DUE W OF THE TOWN OF CUMPAS, ON THE E BANK OF THE RIO DE SONORA.

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
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.10898, 30.05018
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUFFS AND RHYOLITIC FLOWS SHOW FLOW BANDING THAT STRIKES N 20 W AND DIPS NE. THERE ARE THREE NORMAL FAULTS (DOWN THROWN ON THE W) THAT OFFSET VOLCANIC HOST ROCKS BUT DO NOT OFFSET UPPER TERTIARY CONGLOMERATES. NEAR AREA COVERED BY QUATERNARY BASALT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cumpas

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SALAS, GUILLERMO, 1973, LOS RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE REC. NAT. NO RENOVABLES, BOLETIN 73, P. 84-85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BERYL IN TERTIARY RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND ASSOCIATED FELSIC VOLCANIC ROCKS.

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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