| 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: | -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. |
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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Mexico | Sonora |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Thorium | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| 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 |
| (1) | -111.10068, 31.22514 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N50E AND N10W STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS, SUPERIMPOSED NORMAL FAULTS |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Discovery year | 1736 |
| Year of last production | 1940 |
PEREZ SEGURA, EFREN, 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA 1:250000 UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: UNIV. OF SONORA, DEPT. OF GEOL., HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, 66 P.
MERRILL, F.J.H., 1906, THE MINES OF PLANCHAS DE PLATA; THE INTERESTING GEOLOGY OF AN HISTORIC MINING DISTRICT OF SONORA: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 82, P. 1111-1112.
SEGERSTROM, L., 1987, GEOLOGY OF THE PLANCHAS DE PLATA AREA, NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO, IN MESOZOIC ROCKS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND ADJACENT AREAS, EDS. DICKINSON, W.R. AND KLUTE, M.A.: ARIZONA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY DIGEST VOLUME 18, P. 153-164.
SEGERSTROM, L., 1986, GEOLOGIC SETTING AND SILVER MINERALIZATION IN THE PLANCHAS DE PLATA AREA, NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO [M.S. THESIS]: TUCSON, UNIVERISTY OF AROZONA, 167 P.
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.