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Jaltipan

Past Producer in Mexico with commodity Sulfur
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10132963
MAS/MILS ID 2010570003
Record type Site
Current site name Jaltipan

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -94.7002, 17.9674 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country
Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anhydrite Unknown
Halite Unknown
Sulfur Unknown
Anhydrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -94.7002, 17.9674
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 25M
    Depth to top 175M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 50
    Date of Last Modification 910312
  • Area 1000HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1000
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS DEPOSIT IS NOT STRICKLY A SEDIMENTARY DEPOSIT. SULFUR IS FORMED THROUGH THE DECOMPOSITION OF ANHYDRITE BY SULFATE-REDUCING ANAEROBIC BACTERIA. THE DEPOSIT IS OVAL IN SHAPE. THE "AVERAGE" DEPTH TO "ORE" IS 150 TO 200 (175) METERS. THE RANGE IN THE DEPTH TO "ORE" IS FROM 50 TO 300 METERS THICKNESS OF THE "ORE" RANGES FROM 20 TO 30 METERS.
  • SEE MINERAL COMMENTS FOR THE "ROCK" NAMES THAT COMPRISE THIS DEPOSIT, THEY ARE LISTED IN ORDER BEGINNING AT THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE. ELEMENTAL SULFUR OCCURS IN CAVITIES WITHIN A LAYER OF DECOMPOSED/DECOMPOSING ANHYDRITE, BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT LAYERS OF BARREN OR UNDECOMPOSED ANHYDRITE. THE TOP LAYER OR "CAP ROCK" IS ANHYDRITE. THE BOTTOM LAYER IS HALITE (SALT).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Well
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1940
Mining method Auger Mining - Frasch Process
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Saline Basin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cia Azufrera Panamericana Sa (Apsa)
    Interest 100
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1983

Comments on the ownership information

  • THIS DATA BASE DISCRIBES A MEXICAN FRASCH SULFUR OPERATION. THIS IS THE OWNER/OPERATOR (100%)

Production statistics

  • Year 1980
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Estimated Elemental Sulfur Production 1140112 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 1140112mt
  • Year 1981
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ditto; Estimate 958053 Mt/Yr,
  • Year 1982
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ditto; Estimate 680000 Mt/Yr
  • Year 1983
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description 1984 Sulfur Avail. Study; Estimated Prod 360000 Mt/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Sulfur Sulfur 360000mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCT "CAPACITY" FIELD IS THE SAME DATA AS THE K-DATA SET CONCENTRATOR "DESIGN CAPACITY" FIELD. THE "OUTPUT FIELD IS THE 1983 ETD ESTIMATE FOR THE 1984-85 SULFUR AVAILABILITY STUDY. DATA IN "UNIT PRODUCTION COST" FIELD ($53.98), IS THE TOTAL COST OF ELEMENTAL SULFUR PRODUCTION THE MINE PRODUCTION COST IS $46.21/MT ELEMENTAL SULFUR, U-DATA SET, AND THE FILTRATION-TREATMENT PLANT, K-DATA SET, COST IS $7.77/MT ELEMENTAL SULFUR. ALL COSTS ARE IN JAN 1982 U.S. DOLLARS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OPERATION WAS REPORTED AS SHUT DOWN FOR TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND RESOURCE DEPLETION. IN AUGUST 1992.
  • THESE ARE THE JANUARY 1982 INSITU RESOURCE/RESERVE ESTIMATES AT THE DEMONSTRATED-75% AND INFERRED-50% LEVELS. THEY ARE BASED ON INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE CONTRACTOR. SULFUR RECOVERY BY THE FRASCH PROCESS IS CONSIDERED TO BE 75% OF THE ESTIMATED INSITU RESOURCE. THEIR IS NO "ORE" DILUTION, SOME OF THE LIQUID SULFUR THAT IS PRODUCED CONTAINS BETWEEN O.25 TO 0.30% HYDROCARBONS AND IS FILTERED AND TREATED AT THE FILTER PLANT.
  • RESERVES DEPLETED AUG. 1992.
  • THERE IS NO PUBLISHED DATA FOR THE RESERVE/RESOURCES OF THIS FRASCH OPERATION. RESERVES WERE REPORTED DEPLETED IN AUG. 1992.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method FRASCH PROCESS 10-89
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 75
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings OPEN
    3rd Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 1370
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 46.21
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on other economic factors

  • THERE IS NO ACTUAL CONCENTRATOR OR MILL AT THIS FRASCH OPERATION. WHAT COULD BE CALL A "MILL" IS THE FILTRATION /TREATMENT PLANT, WHERE THE LIQUID SULFUR IS FILTERED AND TREATED PRIOR TO TRANSPORT TO MARKET. THE "DESIGN CAPACITY" FIELD IS AN ESTIMATE BASED ON THE DESIGN SULFUR PRODUCTION CAPACITY FROM THE PRODUCING FRASCH WELLS. "RECOVERY" OF THIS PLANT IS 98 TO 99%. DATA IN "UNIT PRODUCTION COST" AND "INVESTMENT ($1000) FIELDS ARE FOR THE FILTRATION AND TREATMENT PLANT ONLY. COSTS ARE IN JAN 1982 U.S. DOLLARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRITISH SULPHUR, WORLD SURVEY OF SULPHUR RESOURCES, SECOND

  • Deposit

    EDITION, 1974 PAGE ?; AND THIRD EDITION, PAGE 44.

  • Deposit

    R&D MEXICO, "MEXICO UPS PRODUCTION OF SULFUR", APRIL 30,

  • Deposit

    1982, PAGES 30-32.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, "FRASCH PROCESS SULPHUR",

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER, 1980.

  • Deposit

    SEE MEXICO'S COACHAPA FRASCH MINE DATA BASE LISTING FOR

  • Deposit

    ADDITIONAL REFERENCES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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