El Zacate

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Tungsten

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10049121
MRDS ID	MX00354
Record type	Site
Current site name	El Zacate
Related records	10182801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-109.96314, 29.14465 (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
Tungsten Critical	Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	42
USGS model code	14a
Deposit model name	W skarn

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-109.96314, 29.14465	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

COUNTRY ROCK CONSISTS OF PALEOZOIC (UNDIVIDED) LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE, SHALE AND CHERT UNIT INTRUDED BY LARAMIDE-AGE GRANITIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	San Pedro De La Cueva

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX00354

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

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-NOV-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.