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Los Pinitos, El Osado

Occurrence in Baja California, Mexico with commodity Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049201
MRDS ID MX00457
Record type Site
Current site name Los Pinitos, El Osado
Related records 10157880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.90638, 32.24341 (WGS84)
Relative position GROUP OF SMALL DEPOSITS LYING IN THE LOS PINITOS AND EL OSADO CLAIMS. LOCATION GIVEN IS APPROX. MIDPOINT OF MARBLE-TACTITE BODY EXPOSED IN THE NE CORNER OF LOS PINITOS CLAIM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Centro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Baja California

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE TO WITHIN 1.0 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.90638, 32.24341
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra De Juarez/Cerro El Topo

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT TWENTY SMALL PITS, TRENCHES, AND ADITS.

Comments on development

  • A FEW TONS OF ORE WERE SORTED OUT DURING EXPLORATION, BUT WEREN'T MILLED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRIES, CARL, JR., AND SCHMITTER, EDUARDO, 1945, SCHEELITE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SIERRA DE JUAREZ, NORTHERN TERRITORY, LOWER CALIFORNIA, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 946-C, P. 98

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS SMALL PROSPECTS WHICH EXPOSE TACTITE OR HORNFELS CONTAINING MINOR TO TRACE AMOUNTS OF SCHEELITE. MOST PROMISING SHOWING IS DISCONTINUOUS MARBLE-TACTITE BED THAT EXTENDS NE FROM THE CENTER OF THE LOS PINITOS CLAIM TO THE CENTER OF THE 16 DE SEPTIEMBRE CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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