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Cuitaboca

Occurrence in Sinaloa, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050458
MRDS ID MX23000
Record type Site
Current site name Cuitaboca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.00056, 26.167 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sinaloa

Comments on the location information

  • N. OF RIO SINALOA, E. OF LOS MOCHIS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1.0 G/TON AU, 320 G/TON AG, 1.7% PB, 2.0% ZN, 0.1% MO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.00056, 26.167
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 1.5M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Up To 1.0-1.5 Meters Wide.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Sinaloa Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1 g/mt Gold Major 1992
    Silver Ag 320 g/mt Silver Major 1992
    Lead Pb 1.7 wt-pct Lead Major 1992
    Zinc Zn 2 wt-pct Zinc Major 1992
    Molybdenum Mo 0.1 wt-pct Molybdenum Minor 1992

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 20M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: UNDERGROUND VEIN MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONSORTIA MEXICANA, 1992, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Reserve-Resource

    CONSORTIA MEXICANA, 1992, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX VEINS
Deposit LIKELY LATE CRETACEOUS TO EARLY TERTIARY VOLCANICS. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1993 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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