| Deposit ID | 10049515 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MX02244 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Manuel Benavides |
| Related records | 10166675 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -103.91714, 29.04607 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
| Relative position | 60 KM FROM ESTACION EL CHOPO; WITHIN A KM OF SAN CARLOS PB-ZN REPLACEMENT ASSOCIATED |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Terlengua Number 3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Chihuahua |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 62 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 18d |
| Deposit model name | Skarn Fe |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite | ||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -103.91714, 29.04607 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Large Anticline. |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | San Carlos District/Manuel Benavides Area |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1961 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 182000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX02244 |
GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (CHIHUAHUA LOC. 3).
GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 170-177.
COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.
SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.
SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, MANUEL BENAVIDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.
GOMEZ, 1961.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS DEPOSIT AND SAN CARLOS PB-ZN VEINS (MX02266) ARE ASSOCIATED DEPOSITS BOTH RELATED TO GRANITIC INTRUSION AND SKARN DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB |
| Deposit | THREE IRREGULAR CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITIC INTRUSIVES. AVERAGE DIMENSIONS: 50 M X 20-30 M X 5-20 M. ORE CONSISTS OF HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE, FE-GARNETS, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-88 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-88 | Leonard, Kenneth R. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-91 | Staude, John-Mark G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-93 | Staude, John-Mark G. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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