Planchas De Plata

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc, Arsenic, Thorium, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001108
MRDS ID MX00435
Record type District
Current site name Planchas De Plata
Alternate or previous names Bonanza, Planchas Viejas, Colorado, Los Hilos, Mejia, Guadalupe, Ruido, Beto
Related records 10255266

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.10068, 31.22514 (WGS84)
Relative position DISTRICT EXTENDS OVER 26 SQUARE KM, AND THE LAT-LONG IS TO THE MAIN MINE AREA ACCORDING TO INEGI, 1:50,000 TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atascosa Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nogales(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46
Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.10068, 31.22514

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N50E AND N10W STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS, SUPERIMPOSED NORMAL FAULTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1736
Year of last production 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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