Mine detail: San Pascual

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Location: Sonora, Mexico, North America
Lat / long: 27.17945, -109.01727
dep_id: 10048849
mrds_id: MX00019
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Iron
Minor mineral: Magnesite
Trace mineral: Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Prospect
ore: Hematite, Magnetite
gangue: Calcite, Plagioclase, Quartz
model: 158: Volcanic-hosted magnetite
Reporter: Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.), Leonard, Kenneth R.
hrock_type: Limestone,Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (SONORA LOC. 1).
  • Deposit:: PEREZ S., E., 1985, CARTA METALOGENETICA DE SONORA, 1:250,000; UNA INTERPRETACION DE LA METALOGENIA DE SONORA: HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA, PUBLICACION NO. 7, 66 P. AND PLATES.
  • Deposit:: CABRERA F., F.J., VEGA G., E.L., AND PEREZ S., E., 1983, LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE FIERRO EN SONORA, EVALUACION GEOLOGICA REGIONAL: GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, DIRECCION DE MINERIA, GEOLOGIA, Y ENERGETICOS, HERMOSILLO, SONORA, 64 P.
  • Reserve-Resource:: CABRERA, ET.AL., 1983, TABLE VI.
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