Santa Maria - Moris Placer

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049784
MRDS ID MX02960
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Maria - Moris Placer
Related records 10255602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.53392, 28.13358 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOVE SANTA MARIA SILVER-GOLD MINE ON MORIS RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL FINENESS, APPROXIMATELY 800-900, SMALL TO COARSE GRAINED WITH GRAVELS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.53392, 28.13358

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 5M
    Length 100M
    Width 20M
    Depth to bottom 10M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gravel.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moris District/ Ocampo Area

Comments on development

  • INTERMITTENT WORKING FROM 1920-1990.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHN-MARK STAUDE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    DANA BROWN, 1942, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN RIVER GRAVELS.
Deposit AU LIKELY ERODING FROM EPITHERMAL AU DEPOSITS UPSTREAM. ; INFO.SRC : 5 PERS COMM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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