La Guadalupana

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodity Manganese
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. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098720
MRDS ID MX00037
Record type Site
Current site name La Guadalupana
Related records 10158098

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.88539, 30.43211 (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
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result AVG. MN CONTENT: 35%. SORTED ORE: 47% MN, 8% SILICA, 4% FE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.88539, 30.43211

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5-30 W
    Dip 50 NE - 70 SW
    Thickness 0.8M
    Length 210M
    Width 45M
    Depth to bottom 45M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Controlled.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Magdalena/Estacion Llanos

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cia. Minera De Sonora, S. De R. L. Y C. V.
    First year 1960

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1960
    Total resources 20000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Manganese Mn 25 wt-pct Manganese Major 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 75HA
    Overall depth 28M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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