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Cerro Colorado

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049077
MRDS ID MX00297
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Colorado
Related records 10182463

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.8257, 30.2335 (WGS84)
Relative position 60 KM SE OF CABORCA AND 15 KM NE OF LA CIENEGA AU DEPOSIT.

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
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.8257, 30.2335
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range High Angle Faults (Post Mineralization)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne And Nw Trending Breccia/Fracture Zones.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture And Vein Controlled

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROPERTY LOCATED ON A PROMINENT HILL FORMED BY RHYOLITE DOME INTRUDING PALEOZOIC LIMESTONES AND PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS. PLACER WORKINGS IN N-FACING VALLEYS AND CANYONS NEAR THE DEPOSIT. NORMAL FAULTS TREND N-S AND E-W WITH DOWNDROPPING TO THE W AND N. SOUTHERN END OF SIERRA EL RAJON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra El Rajon

Comments on development

  • CURRENTLY (1987) BEING MINED BY GAMBUSINOS WORKING HIGH-GRADE CERUSSITE-GOLD-SILVER VEINS IN LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILES, D.A., SILBERMAN, M.L., AND WENRICH, K.J., 1986, GNEISS-HOSTED GOLD DEPOSITS IN NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.

  • 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.

  • Production

    GILES, ET. AL., 1986.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU OCCURS IN HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA IN RHYOLITE DOME; ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ, PYRITE, HEMATITE, AND COPPER OXIDE. HIGH-GRADE CERUSSITE-AU-AG QUARTZ VEINS IN ADJACENT LIMESTONE.

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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