El Cobota

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Iron, Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10049288
MRDS ID MX00568
Record type Site
Current site name El Cobota
Related records 10279629

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.10488, 31.59596 (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 1:63,360 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
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.10488, 31.59596

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 1>N 65 E; 2>N 80 E
    Dip 1>60 NW; 2>60 NW
  • Strike 1>N 65 E; 2>N 80 E
    Dip 1>60 NW; 2>60 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: SILICIFIED RHYOLITIC IGNIMBRITES INTRUDED BY GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Sonoita

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SPECULATIVE RESOURCES.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO IRON-BEARING VEINS. 1> N 65 E, 60 NW, 60 M LONG BY 2 M WIDE. 2> N 80 E, 60 NW, 1.5-2.0 M OF FE ORE WITH ABUNDANT SILICA. AG AND CU OXIDES FOUND IN OLD WORKINGS. NUMEROUS SPECULARITE-HEMATITE VEINLETS IN WALL ROCKS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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