La Colorada

Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183947
MRDS ID MX00149
MAS/MILS ID 2010490515
Record type Site
Current site name La Colorada
Related records 10048961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.57145, 28.79802 (WGS84)

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
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.57145, 28.79802

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Milling method Merrill-Crowe

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eldorado Gold Corp.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 9-96: 13.3 MILLION TONNES GRADING 1.17 GRAMS GOLD AND 16.94 GRAMS SILVER AT AN AVG STRIPPING RATIO OF 2.99-TO-1. THE THE TOTAL GEOLOGIC RESOURCE STANDS AT 25.8 MILLION TONNES GRADING 1.16 GRAMS GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LATIN AMERICA MINING RECORD, 10-97, P.37.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, 9-16-96, V82 #29, P.1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FROM USGS MRDS MX00149 *COUNTY OF HERMOSILLA. THE EXPANSION PROJECT IS COMPLETE. ANNUAL GOLD PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM 51,000 OZ IN 1996 TO 80,000 OZ IN 1998. 300000 OZ INFERRED GEOLOGICAL RESOURCE. THE EXPANSION INCLUDED: CONSTRUCION OF NEW HIGHWAY, THE ADDITION OF A CRUSHING FACILITY, EXPANSION OF THE MERRILL CROWE RECOVERY PLANT, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PHASE FIVE LEACH PAD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-APR-1997 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.