Moris

Plant in Chihuahua, 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. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10279343
MRDS ID MX02206
MAS/MILS ID 2010110275
Record type Site
Current site name Moris
Alternate or previous names El Creston, San Luis, Eureka
Related records 10049489

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.4839, 28.66694 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(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 Chihuahua

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.4839, 28.66694

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Manhattan Minerals Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1994

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Indicated 66000000mt ore
    Total resources 6600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2 g/mt Gold Major 1994
    Silver Ag 10.3 g/mt Silver Trace 1994
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1994
    Measured 4800000mt ore
    Demonstrated 4800000mt ore
    Total resources 4800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.1 g/mt Gold Major 1994
    Silver Ag 10.3 g/mt Silver Trace 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING JOURNAL, "MORIS PROJECT TO RECEIVE GO-AHEAD", JANUARY

  • Reserve-Resource

    28, 1994, P. 61.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FROM USGS MRDS MX02206

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Kraemer, Sandra R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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