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San Eduardo

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Iron, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049516
MRDS ID MX02245
Record type Site
Current site name San Eduardo
Alternate or previous names Orebodies: Ortega Num.1, And 3, Rey Del Fierro, Hematita.
Related records 10133579

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.22968, 29.59189 (WGS84)
Relative position 28 KM NNW OF COYAME

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 15 SECONDS. 5 KM E OF RANCHO SAN EDUARDO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Sulfur Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Specularite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Grossularite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ANALYSIS: 65.9% FE, 3.0% SILICA, 0.2% S, 0.025% P.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.22968, 29.59189
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Coyame

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 38000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 65.1 wt-pct Iron Major 1961
    Sulfur S 0.2 wt-pct Sulfur Trace 1961
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.03 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBLE RESERVES.
  • TOTAL RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (CHIHUAHUA LOC. 4).

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 183-185.

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1983, OJINAGA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOMEZ, 1961.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL, SHALLOW CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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