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Telixtlahuaca

Producer in Oaxaca, Mexico with commodity Graphite
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Production statistics
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106765
MRDS ID ISM0074
Record type Site
Current site name Telixtlahuaca
Alternate or previous names San Francisco Telixtlahuaca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -96.86692, 17.33405 (WGS84)
Elevation 2120
Relative position CENTROID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Oaxaca

Comments on the location information

  • BAFOKENG SOUTH MINE; TOTAL STRIKE LENGTH 36 KM
  • 30 KM NORTH OF OAXACA IN THE STATE OF OAXACA. MAP IN ZAMORA (1975, SEE FOR RF1) SHOWS 2 OPERATIONS: A (17 DEG 20'07''N; 96 DEG 54'18''W), SMALL; B (17 DEG 20'30''N; 96 DEG 54'14''W), BIGGER AND THE AREA PENA GRANDE (17 DEG 20'45''N; 96 DEG 55'20''W) CONTAINING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. SHOWINGS OF MANGANESE-ORE AND OF CALCITE KNOWN NEAR GRAPHITE DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE, CRYSTALLINE, FLAKES. 4 GRADES OF CRYSTALLINE FLAKE GRAPHITE ARE PRODUCED: A(+48 MESH); B (-48 MESH); BLEND AB; AND 0 (-325 MESH).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 107
USGS model code 37f
Deposit model name Disseminated flake graphite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Complejo Metamorfico;Complejo Metamorfico;
    Rock description Complejo Metamorfico;Complejo Metamorfico;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -96.86692, 17.33405
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR BASIN DEVELOPMENT; PYTT + PNLD + CLCP; PYRT + CBNT + MCKN; THE MERENSKY REEF FORMS PART OF THE SCHILDPADNEST SUB-SUITE (CRITICAL ZONE) OF THE RUSTENBURG LAYERED SUITE.
  • GEOL.COM: ; QUARTZ, MICROCLINE, PYROXENE, GRAPHITE, SERICITE, HEMATITE, LIMONITE, ARGILLACEOUS MATTER; AGE RELATIONS OF ROCKS SOMEWHAT DOUBTFUL. GRAPHITIC GNEISSES ARE MORE THAN 40 M THICK, LENGTH OF ORE BODIES 200-300 M (SOMETIMES 600 M) MAXIMUM WIDTH 350 M. GRAPHITE CONTENT IN GNEISSES 8-15 %, AVERAGE ABOUT 10 %

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1980
Year of last production 1985

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Grafito De Mexico S.A. (75% Owned By Fideicomiso Minerales No Metallicos Mexicanos)

Production statistics

  • Year 1982
    Material CON GRF
    Description Ap_Grade: ^95 % Fc
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Iron Iron 95wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
  • 3500 TONNES P.Y.ASUMING THAT TONNES ARE MEANT IN SOURCE

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 19000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Graphite Fc 4 wt-pct Graphite Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDED WITH COMBINED DATA IN RR41.
  • RR9 REPRESENTS R1M AT 60% RECOVERY RATE OVER 12.5 KM, TO 1200 M VERTICAL DEPTH, REEF THICKNESS 0.8 M, DIPPING 12 D-EGREE. INCLUDED WITH COMBINED DATA IN RR41. RR41 REPRESENTS R1E + R2E AT 60% RECOVERY RATE, OVER 47.5 KM TO 1200 M VERTICAL DEPTH, REEF THICKNESS 0.8 M, DIPPI-NG 12 DEGREE.
  • IT IS ASUMED THAT QUANTITIES GIVEN IN SOURCE ARE TONNES
  • PENA GRANDE (SEE FOR RR48) ROUNDED FIGURE, INCLUDING RESOURCES IN AREA OF OPERATION B (5.3 MILLION TONNES) AND PENA GRANDE-RESOURCES (13.4 MILLION TONNES)

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( X; PGE MARKET CONDITIONS). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); NICKEL ACCESSORY TO PGE'S.
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ROM-ORE CONTAINS 4 % FC AVERAGE; CONCENTRATE CONTAINS 95 % FC. AVERAGE DIAMETER OF FLAKES IN GNEISSES IS 2.5 MM (MEASURED PARALLEL TO MAIN CLEAVAGE) GRAPHITE DOES NOT CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF DETRIMENTAL CONSTITUENTS (S,P,SILICA)

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0706 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZAMORA, S.M. ET AL., 1975: GEOLOGIA DE LOS YACIMIENTOS DE GRAFITO CRISTALINO EN EL ESTADO DE OAXACA.- CONS. RECURS. MIN; 5.EXPLOR. SEMINAR, MEXICO 1975

  • Deposit

    GRIFFITHS, JOYCE, 1988, MEXICO'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS MEETING MANANA'S CHALLENGE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 250, P. 19-41.

  • Deposit

    HARRIES-REES, KAREN, 1993, GRAPHITE: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 305, P. 27-45.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, USBM, VOL.III; GRIFFITHS, 1988.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND REFINED
Deposit GRAPHITE OCCURS AS CRYSTALLINE DISSEMINATED FLAKES, WEATHERING.
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE 1 M FLOTATION ADDITIONAL R2-RESOURCES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ADJACENT TO DEPOSIT, BUT NO FIGURES CONCERNING QUANTITIES ARE AVAILABLE
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD I000638 OF ORRIS WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1985 Krauss, Ulrich H. Bundesanstalt Fuer Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffee (Germany)
Updater 27-FEB-1995 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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