La Dura

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049232
MRDS ID MX00497
Record type Site
Current site name La Dura
Related records 10182240

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.7895, 29.63353 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 KM WEST OF MULATOS AND EL VICTOR (SAME TYPE OF DEPOSIT).

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 1 KM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.7895, 29.63353

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Present And Concentrated Mineralization.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITIC HOST ROCK WITH AU VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mulatos/Sahuaripa

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 10 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Gold Au 4 g/mt Gold Major 1985

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HYDROTHERMAL DISSIMINATED ZONES OF GOLD.
Deposit SIMILAR TO MULATOS, EL VICTOR.

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.