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Tres Piedras

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10049084
MRDS ID MX00306
Record type Site
Current site name Tres Piedras
Related records 10279407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.11728, 28.46552 (WGS84)
Relative position NW OF YECORA.

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
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 79
USGS model code 21a
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Mo
Mark3 model number 2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Chronological age 63.3
    Type of media Hornblend
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.11728, 28.46552
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STOCKWORKS, BRECCIA PIPE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Yecora

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.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    MEAD, R.D., AND KESLER, S.E., 1984, RELATION OF SONORAN TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION TO THE METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. ?, NO. ?, P. 591-592.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE REPORTEDLY OCCURS WITH MOLYBDENITE IN PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

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