Mesa Galindo

Prospect in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10206169
MAS/MILS ID 2010490031
Record type Site
Current site name Mesa Galindo

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -111.48397, 28.25024 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sonora(province)

Mexico(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 165 KM ESE OF HERMOSILLO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -111.48397, 28.25024

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on exploration

  • THE PROPERTY COVERS A LARGE NETWORK OF INTERSECTING NW AND NE MINERALIZED TRENDS THAT COVER AN AREA MEASURING APPROX. 4,000 M BY 1,500 M. TARGETS ARE DEFINED BY ZONES OF SILIFICATION, ANOMALOUS GOLD-SILVER SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY AND KNOWN MINERALIZATION BELIEVED TO BE RELATED TO A LARGE STRUCTURALLY-CONTROLLED ACID-SULPHATE TYPE MINERALIZING SYSTEM. SAMPLING OVER AN OUTCROP 70 M BY 100 M YIELDED AN AVE GRADE OF 0.62 G/T AU AND 82 G/T AG. A SECOND OUTCROP, MEASURING 70 M BY 22 M AVERAGED 0.59 G/T AU AND 153 G/T AG.

Mining district

District name Tres Haches Trd

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Northern Crown Mines Ltd
    Home office Canada
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL, MAY 19, 1995, P 369

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-APR-96 Clarke, Donald U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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