| Deposit ID | 10098739 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MX00208 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | La Bamboya |
| Alternate or previous names | Moctezuma Mine |
| Related records | 10279863 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.69369, 29.68492 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 8 KM SE OF OPOSURA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Sonora |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Tellurium Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Illite | Gangue |
| Kaolin | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 84 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22b |
| Deposit model name | Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins) |
| Mark3 model number | 80 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | -109.69369, 29.68492 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposit Lies Along Trend Of Rancho Arenillas Fault System. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Country Rock Has Been Folded And Faulted. |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1935 |
| Year of first production | 1936 |
| District name | /Moctezuma |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX00208 |
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.
MCANULTY, W.N., 1981, GOLD-SILVER-TELLURIUM ORE DEPOSITS IN SIERRA BLANCA NEAR MOCTEZUMA, SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 13, NO. 2, P. 95.
MARRS, C.K., AND GUILBERT, J.M., 1981, GEOLOGY AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE OPOSURA MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, SONORA, MEXICO IN ORTLIEB, L. AND ROLDAN Q., J., (EDS.), 1981, GEOLOGY OF NORTHWESTERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA; FIELD GUIDES AND PAPERS: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, U.N.A.M., P. 169-212.
GAINES, R.V., 1970, THE MOCTEZUMA TELLURIUM DEPOSIT: MINERALOGIC RECORD, V. 1, NO. 2, P. 40-43.
GAINES, 1970.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WIDESPREAD TE-AU MINERALIZATION OVER 100 SQ. KM AREA. QUARTZ VEINS IN HIGHLY ALTERED ASH-FLOW UNITS OF LCRET-ETERT AGE. VEINS RANGE FROM A FEW CM TO >3.0 M (AVE: 0.7 M). RICHEST ORE AT VEIN INTERSECTIONS. MINERALIZATION EXTENDS FROM SURFACE TO DEPTH OF 125 M. PRIME LOCALITY WORLDWIDE FOR OXIDIZED TE MINERALS. |
| Deposit | LIST OF REPORTED MINERALS (GAINES, 1970). PRIMARY: NATIVE TE, PYRITE, SELENIUM, ALTAITE, TETRADYMITE, KLOCKMANNITE, CINNABAR, NATIVE GOLD, BAMBOLLAITE. TE-OXIDES: TELLURITE, EMMONSITE, PARATELLURITE, MOCTEZUMITE, ZEMANNITE, FERRIC-TELLURITE, SPIROFFITE, DENNINGITE, URANYL TELLURITE, POUGHITE, CLIFFORDITE, MACKAYITE, BLAKEITE, SONORAITE, CA-TELLURITE CARBONATE. OTHER: LIMONITE, PYROLUSITE, GYPSUM, JAROSITE, AZURITE, ANGLESITE, MALACHITE, CHALCOMENITE, WULFENITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1987 | Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1988 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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