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Santa Maria

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049393
MRDS ID MX02009
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Maria
Related records 10142680

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.35058, 31.18349 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 KM N OF CONSOLIDADA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 1 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.35058, 31.18349
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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 Sierra De Borregos/Ascencion

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period -1943
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^42%(?) Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 42wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 10M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 278-248, 293-295, TABLE 17

  • Production

    TRASK AND RODRIGUEZ, 1948.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS, 50 M LONG, 0.5-1.0 M WIDE (AVE: 0.8 M), 35 M APART, MINED TO DEPTH OF 10 M. ANOTHER SIMILAR VEIN 300 M WEST. ORE: BLACK CALCITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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