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Espiritu Santo

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049108
MRDS ID MX00336
Record type Site
Current site name Espiritu Santo
Alternate or previous names El Espiritu
Related records 10279655

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.59928, 30.65294 (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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 150 G/T AG, 6 G/T AU, (SILBERMAN, 1987).

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.59928, 30.65294
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK MAPPED AS JURASSIC TO CRETACEOUS UNDIVIDED SCHIST, VOLCANIC SEDIMENTARY ROCK, SHALE, AND LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cucurpe

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 3000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 150 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Gold Au 6 g/mt Gold Major 1985

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

    SILBERMAN, M.L., 1987, REPORT ON RECONNAISSANCE OF GOLD PROSPECTS IN NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO: UNPUB. USGS REPORT, 6 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU-AG MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZ-FLUORITE VEINS, AND PB-ZN-AG REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS.

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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