| Deposit ID | 10098742 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | MX00295 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | San Antonio Jaralito |
| Alternate or previous names | El Jaralito, Baviacora |
| Related records | 10279622 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.28121, 29.67797 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 25 KM N OF URES AND 10 KM W OF BAVIACORA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Pima(county)
Arizona(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Sonora |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Pyroxene | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 42 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 14a |
| Deposit model name | W skarn |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
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| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -110.28121, 29.67797 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1953 |
| District name | Baviacora |
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 53000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | MX00295 |
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.
SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 188.
DUNN, D.P., AND BURT, D.M., 1979, SKARN MINERALIZATION RELATED TO PEGMATITES AT THE SAN ANTONIO TUNGSTEN MINE, BAVIACORA, SONORA, MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 11, NO. 7, P. 417.
MEAD, R.D., AND KESLER, S.E., 1984, RELATION OF SONORAN TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION TO THE METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF MEXICO: GSA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. ?, NO. ?, P. 591-592.
DUNN AND BURT, 1979.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | W SKARN SUBPARALLEL TO BEDDING CONTAINS SCHEELITE WITH GARNET, QUARTZ, FELDSPAR, AND CALCITE. CLOSE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIGH-GRADE SCHEELITE MINERALIZATION AND SERIES OF SMALL PEGMATITE DIKES. THREE STAGES OF ALTERATION/MINERALIZATION: 1> EARLY CONTACT MM-PEGMATITIC GARNET-PYROXENE STAGE; 2> HIGH-GRADE ANDRADITE-AMPHIBOLE-EPIDOTE-SCHEELITE STAGE; 3> LATE SKARN-DESTRUCTIVE CHLORITE-PYRITE-QUARTZ-CALCITE STAGE. OVERALL MINERAL ZONATION: (DISTAL) CARBONATE/CHLORITE/TREMOLITE/GARNET + PYROXENE/GARNET/ AMPHIBOLE/EPIDOTE (PROXIMAL). |
| 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. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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