Granate

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049081
MRDS ID MX00303
Record type Site
Current site name Granate
Related records 10279410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.64649, 28.97522 (WGS84)
Relative position JUST W OF THE ROAD BETWEEN LAS NORIAS AND ZUBIATE, ABOUT 30 KM E OF HERMOSILLO AND 8 KM SW OF LAS NORIAS.

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
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

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) -110.64649, 28.97522

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943

Mining district

District name Zubiate

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. 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE FOUND IN FLOAT ALONG POORLY EXPOSED CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND GRANITE. NO ORE FOUND IN PLACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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