Japon En Mexico

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049228
MRDS ID MX00493
Record type Site
Current site name Japon En Mexico

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.73671, 27.51277 (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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.73671, 27.51277

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Alamos

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 17000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 900 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Lead Pb 2 wt-pct Lead Major 1985
    Zinc Zn 1.8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1985
    Gold Au 9 g/mt Gold Minor 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FROM DATA TABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAP SYMBOL ON INDEX MAP IN PEREZ SEGURA, (1985) INDICATES SKARN DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.