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Rosario

Producer in Sinaloa, Mexico with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239430
MAS/MILS ID 2010470002
Record type Site
Current site name Rosario

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.41719, 23.08375 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sinaloa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.41719, 23.08375
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830726

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ROSARIO DEPOSIT IS FOUND IN THE SONORAN PENEPLANE. THIS ENTIRE AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY A BATHOLITIC INTRUSION OF GRANITE, IN WHICH LARGE REMNANTS OF OLDER, SEDIMENTARY ROCK REMAIN. THESE OLDER ROCKS RANGE IN AGE FROM PALEOZOIC TO CRETACEOUS, WITH SOME TERTIARY VOLCANICS. THE ORE OCCURS AS POCKETS IN BRECCIAS, FRACTURES AND DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Filled Stopes - Inclined Cut and Fill

Mining district

District name Sierra Madres

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Industrial Minera Mexico, S. A. (Immsa)
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mexico, Desarrollo Industrial Minero, S. A.
    Interest 100
    Home office Mexico
    Year 1982

Comments on the ownership information

  • MEXICO, DESARROLLO INDUSTRIAL MINERO, S.A., IS OWNED BY GRUPO INDUSTRIAL MINERA MEXICO (66%), AND ASARCO, INC. (34%)

Comments on the production information

  • SILVER, COPPER AND GOLD ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH PRODUCTS. MILL RECOVERY: AG= 85%, CU= 30%, AU= 10% MILL CONC. GRADE: AG= 100%, CU= 100%, AU=100%

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Measured 718009mt ore
    Demonstrated 718009mt ore
    Inferred 1065435mt ore
    Total resources 1783444mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 203 g/mt Silver Major 1992
    Lead Pb 2.8 wt-pct Lead Major 1992
    Zinc Zn 2.1 wt-pct Zinc Minor 1992
    Copper Cu 0.19 wt-pct Copper Minor 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ADDED TO ORIGINAL CONTRACT SINCE IT IS A NEW PROJECT.
  • DATA FROM SOC. ECON. GEOL. VOL. 3, 1987.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method INCLINED CUT AND FILL 10-65
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    Mine Support Chars. UNKNOWN
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 1842
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Year of Information 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AME MINERAL ECONOMICS QUARTERLY MINE ANALYSIS, JUN 93,P. 44.

  • Deposit

    GRUPO INDUSTRIAL MINERA MEXICO S.A. DE C.V., 1979-80

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORTS

  • Deposit

    IMM: MINING AND PROCESSING A WIDE RANGE OF BASE AND

  • Deposit

    PRECIOUS METAL PRODUCTS, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,

  • Deposit

    NOV.1980, P. 111.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1996 Difrancesco, Carl A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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