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El Topo Numero Tres

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 10049202
MRDS ID MX00458
Record type Site
Current site name El Topo Numero Tres
Related records 10255096

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.91554, 32.24341 (WGS84)
Relative position SEVERAL SHALLOW EXCAVATIONS ON MINOR SHOWINGS OF SCHEELITE NEAR THE SOUTH END OF EL TOPO NUMERO TRES CLAIM, NW OF PEARL HARBOR DEPOSIT.

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.91554, 32.24341
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TACTITE ZONE IN ONE OF TWO SEPARATE BEDS OF MARBLE INTERBEDDED WITH HORNFELS AND SCHIST. MARBLE STRIKES NW AND DIPS AT UNUSUALLY LOW ANGLE, 25-40 DEGREES, TOWARDS THE SW.

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

  • SIX OR SEVEN SHALLOW TRENCHES.

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. 99, PLATE 26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL POCKET OF SCHEELITE, A FEW TENTHS OF A METER WIDE, IN SLIGHTLY WIDER ZONE OF TACTITE. EXPOSED IN THE NORTHERNMOST OF SEVERAL TRENCHES NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE EL TOPO NUMERO TRES 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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