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La Lezna

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049287
MRDS ID MX00567
Record type Site
Current site name La Lezna
Related records 10230010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20905, 31.65429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Lesna Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lukeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lukeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 15 SECONDS.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = H12-1 PUERTO PENASCO 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 158
USGS model code 25i
Deposit model name Volcanic-hosted magnetite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20905, 31.65429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 74 E
    Dip 76 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITIC IGNEOUS COMPLEX CONTAINING DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE; INTRUDED BY MICROGRANITE CUT BY POTASSIUM FELDSPAR-MAGNETITE VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Sonoita

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 5000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Major 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CABRERA F., F.J., VEGA G., E.L., AND PEREZ S., E., 1983, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE FIERRO EN SONORA, EVALUACION GEOLOGICA REGIONAL: GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA, Y ENERGETICOS, HERMOSILLO, SONORA, 64 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    CABRERA, ET.AL., 1983, TABLE VI.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF DISCONTINUOUS OUTCROPS OF FE ORE OVER 200 M DISTANCE. EACH OUTCROP LESS THAN 10 SQUARE METERS IN AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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