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La Prieta

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049131
MRDS ID MX00368
Record type Site
Current site name La Prieta
Alternate or previous names La Gloria
Related records 10239458

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.58118, 28.35857 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR LA DURA, SONORA.

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
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.58118, 28.35857
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 548.64M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 316.99M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Chico/Rosario

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 3000000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 150 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Gold Au 1 g/mt Gold Trace 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LA GLORIA.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 316.99M

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

    SKINNER, E.N., AND PLATE, H.R., 1915, MINING COSTS OF THE WORLD: NEW YORK, N.Y., MCGRAW-HILL BOOK CO., INC., P. 183.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ FISSURE VEINS FROM 12 IN TO SEVERAL FT IN WIDTH. STRIKE LENGTHS UP TO 1800 FT. DEPTHS TO 1040 FT.

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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