San Francisco

Occurrence in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092703
MRDS ID MX00328
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco
Related records 10133383

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.19232, 29.6002 (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 Sonora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.19232, 29.6002

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 14 E
    Dip 53 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mazocahui

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEREZ SEGURA MAP OF HERMOSILLO QUADRANGLE PLACES THIS SITE IN AN AREA MAPPED AS TERTIARY GRANITE, MAP SYMBOL INDICATES AMBIENT GEOLOGY CONSISTING OF LARAMIDE AGE ANDESITES, AND TABLE IN TEXT INDICATES FELSIC VOLCANIC HOST ROCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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