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Puerto 3

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
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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. 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 10092770
MRDS ID MX02217
Record type Site
Current site name Puerto 3
Related records 10279251

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.07081, 29.12301 (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 Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 0.5 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Powellite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Weeksite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.07081, 29.12301
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MANTO

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE GEOLOGY COMMENTS FOR MARGARITAS AND NOPAL 1 URANIUM DEPOSITS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pena Blanca

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO INCLINES HAVE BEEN DRIVEN (IN THE PUERTO 3 ORE BODY) FROM THE 1495 LEVEL NEAR THE MARGARITAS CAMPSITE AND FROM THE 1550 LEVEL LOCATED NEAR THE WESTERN MARGARITAS OPEN PIT SLOPE. BOTH INCLINES HAVE PENETRATED THE ORE BODY AND SOME ORE HAS BEEN STOCKPILED. MINING METHOD WILL BE ROOM AND PILLAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARDENAS F., D., 1983, VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL SIERRA DE PENA BLANCA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA; GUIDEBOOK FOR THE 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE: EL PASO, TEXAS, EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 325-334

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRATABOUND MANTO ORE BODY. ONLY HEXAVALENT URANIUM MINERALIZATION FOUND. MO PRESENT AS POWELLITE.
Deposit SEVERAL ADDITIONAL OCCURRENCES OF RADIOMETRIC ANOMALIES ARE FOUND IN THE DISTRICT. THE MORE IMPORTANT OF THESE ARE: NOPAL 3, PUERTO 4, PUERTO 5, TECOLOTES, PUERTO 1, PUERTO 2, PUERTO 8, PENA BLANCA 17, TASCATES 2, LAGUNA DEL DIABLO, AND CUEVA AMARILLA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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