El Divisadero

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  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 10049186
MRDS ID MX00438
Record type Site
Current site name El Divisadero
Related records 10280072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.60516, 30.72154 (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

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 0.5 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW-GRADE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.60516, 30.72154

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 47-60 E
    Dip 67-75 N
    Thickness 0.01M
    Length 80M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name El Antimonio/La Fortuna

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rafael Ruiz
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN DEVELOPED BY THREE INCLINED SHAFTS, EACH OF WHICH EXTENDS ABOUT 10 M DOWN-DIP.

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION NEGLIGIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SB VEIN PARALLEL TO SOUTHERN PART OF LA CARTA BLANCA VEIN AND IN SAME INTRUSIVE BODY OF QUARTZ PORPHYRY. KNOWN STRIKE LENGTH: 35 M, MAY POSSIBLY EXTEND AS FAR AS 80 M. AVERAGE WIDTH: LESS THAN 10 CM. ONLY A LITTLE LOW-GRADE ORE HAS BEEN FOUND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.