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El Tecolote

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Copper, Silver, Tungsten, Lead, Molybdenum, Bismuth, Nickel
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049097
MRDS ID MX00323
Record type Site
Current site name El Tecolote
Related records 10206269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.5368, 29.89324 (WGS84)
Relative position 110 KM N 31 W OF HERMOSILLO.

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
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Cubanite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vesuvianite Gangue

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.5368, 29.89324
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Trending En Echelon Faults With Lateral Displacements Of 30-100 M.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Folded And Faulted Terrane. Major Fault Displaces Orebody At Nw Extremity.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30-50 W
    Dip 60-90 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: ALTERED QUARTZITE, TACTITE AND MARMOLITIZED CONGLOMERATE. INTRUSIVES: GRANITE-MONZONITE PORPHYRY. POST-MIN: INTERMEDIATE-BASIC VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name /Pitiquito

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Industrial Minera Mexico, S. A. (Immsa)

Production statistics

  • Year 1978
    Material ORE ZN CU AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^6% Zn, 1.5% Cu, 30 G/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 30wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 2wt-pct
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 6wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 1978 PRODUCTION RATE: 500 TPD, (FARIAS, 1978)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 85000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 7.6 wt-pct Zinc Major 1978
    Copper Cu 2 wt-pct Copper Major 1978
    Silver Ag 60 g/mt Silver Minor 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 7000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 6 wt-pct Zinc Major 1985
    Copper Cu 1.5 wt-pct Copper Major 1985
    Silver Ag 40 g/mt Silver Minor 1985
    Tungsten Wo3 0.5 wt-pct Tungsten Trace 1985

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY EM AND GRAVIMETRIC METHODS.

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

    MARAVILLA S., S., 1978, MINAS EN PRODUCCION, MINAS EN PREPARACION Y DEPOSITOS CON RESERVAS MAS O MENOS CONOCIDAS EN EL ESTADO DE SONORA IN NAJERA-GARZA, J., AND ORTLIEB, L., (EDS.), 1978, PRIMERO SYMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA; RESUMENES: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, U.N.A.M., P. 85-87.

  • Deposit

    ONATE DE LEON, J., 1978, TITLE?: PRIMERO SIMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, RESUMENES 1, HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, P. 93-94.

  • Deposit

    FARIAS G., R., 1978, EXPLORACION GEOFISICA DE DETALLE EN EL TECOLOTE, MUNICIPIO PITIQUITO, SONORA: PRIMERO SIMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, RESUMENES 1, HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, P. 39-40.

  • Deposit

    PEREZ, E., Y ECHAVARRI, A., 1978, ESTUDIO MINERALOGICO DE LA MINA EL TECOLOTE MUNICIPIO DE FELIX GOMEZ, SONORA: BOLETIN DEL DEPARTMENTO DE GEOLOGIA, UNI-SON, (UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA), V. 1, NUM. 2, P. 106-111.

  • Production

    MARAVILLA, 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CU-ZN-AG MINERALIZATION IN SKARN ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY. THREE TACTITE BEDS SEPARATED BY QUARTZITE. STRIKE: N 50 W, CHANGES TO N 30 W TO THE SE DUE TO FAULT. DIP: 60-90 NE. ORE CONSISTS OF SCHEELITE, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, MARCASITE AND CHALCOPYRITE WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF GALENA, PYRRHOTITE, MOLYBDENITE, CUBANITE, NATIVE BI, BISMUTHINITE, MACKINAWITE AND HEMATITE. HOSTED IN GARNET-DIOPSIDE-VESUVIANITE SKARN WITH LATE-STAGE HYDROTHERMAL BIOTITE-CHLORITE-QUARTZ-CALCITE ASSEMBLAGE. SUPERGENE COVELLITE PRESENT. GRAVIMETRIC SURVEY (A1978) INDICATED HIGH-DENSITY ZONE THAT WAS LATER DRILLED. TWO DD-HOLES INTERCEPTED 23 M SECTION OF TACTITE INTERCALATED WITH QUARTZITE. DRILL HOLES INDICATED METALLIC CONTENT OF 15% PYRITE + PYRRHOTITE + MAGNETITE, AND DEFINED A 3 M THICK ZONE CONTAINING 10% SPHALERITE.

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

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