San Javier

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098737
MRDS ID MX00184
Record type Site
Current site name San Javier
Alternate or previous names San Juan, Animas, Buena Vista
Related records 10135608

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.78674, 28.60995 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 KM FROM SANTA ROSA.

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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FE CONTENT OF ORE AS HIGH AS 50%. AS AND SB CONTENT ALSO HIGH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Graphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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 Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Barranca Formation
    Rock description Barranca Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.78674, 28.60995

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45-50 E
    Dip 50 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK MAPPED AS TRIASSIC TO JURASSIC QUARTZITE AND CARBONACEOUS SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Javier

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 13000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 500 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Lead Pb 1.5 wt-pct Lead Major 1985
    Gold Au 3 g/mt Gold Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DATA TABLE THAT COMBINES SAN JAVIER AND SAN JUAN MINES.

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS (>3000 M).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COX, DENNIS P., SINGER, DONALD, A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: U.S. GEOLICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1693, 397 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188.

  • Deposit

    NELSON, C., 1910, SAN JAVIER, AN OLD SILVER DISTRICT IN SONORA, MEXICO: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 90, P. 660-661.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS COPPER-BEARING VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH GRANITIC INTRUSIVE ROCKS, (SALAS, 1975.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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