Santa Rosa

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049089
MRDS ID MX00312
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa
Related records 10303866

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.28954, 29.8913 (WGS84)

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

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 5 SECONDS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Grossularite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic, Sericitic

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE ASSAY: 137 PPM CU, 0.06 PPM AU, 165 G/MT AG, 0.06% PB, 40.99% ZN
Result THREE OTHER SAMPLES CONTAINED 80-100 PPM CU, 10-120 G/MT AG, 0.01-0.015% PB, AND 0.02-1.25% ZN
Result ROLDAN-QUINTANA, 1979, TABLE 4.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Chronological age 50.47
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.28954, 29.8913

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roof Pendant

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 65-80 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE: SAN FELIPE MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Felipe De Jesus

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 400000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 13 wt-pct Zinc Major 1979

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES LAS LAMAS MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 200M

Reference information

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.

  • Deposit

    ROLDAN-QUINTANA, J., 1979, GEOLOGIA Y YACIMIENTOS MINERALES DEL DISTRITO DE SAN FELIPE, SONORA: INSTITUTO DE GEOLOGIA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO, REVISTA, V. 3, NUM. 2, P. 97-115.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ROLDAN-QUINTANA, 1979.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO LAYERS IN LIMESTONE ROOF PENDANT SELECTIVELY REPLACED BY SKARN. TABULAR OREBODY. MAXIMUM THICKNESS: 13 M. ALSO: SCHEELITE-QUARTZ-PYRITE-SERICITE VEINLETS CUTTING LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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