Sonora
Past Producer
Washington
Sonora, Mexico
Copper Molybdenum Tungsten Silver Gold Lead Zinc
Land & claims · BLM · live
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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.
Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
SecondarySilver, Gold
TertiaryLead, Zinc
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Deposit sizeSmall
Orebody formCOLLAPSE BRECCIA
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone,Trachyte,Latite,Andesite
Associated rockDiorite
AlterationPhyllic, Potassic, Local Silicification And Tourmalinization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
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References
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.DOMINQUEZ, 1979, EVALUACION GEOLOGICA DE LAS BRECHAS CIRCUNDANTES A LA MINA WASHINGTON,UEPAC, SON. REPORTE INTERNO, SERVICIOS INDUSTRIALES PENOLES, S. C. L., 36 P.DACO, A.C., 1978, GEOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE WASHINGTON MINE AREA, HUEPAC, SONORA: PRIMERO SIMPOSIO SOBRE LA GEOLOGIA Y POTENCIAL MINERO DEL ESTADO DE SONORA, RESUMENES 1, HERMOSILLO, MEXICO, P. 39-40.SIMMONS, S.F., AND SAWKINS, F.J., 1983, MINERALOGIC AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDIES OF THE WASHINGTON CU-MO-W-BEARING BRECCIA PIPE, SONORA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 78, NO. 3, P. 521-526.COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.SIMMONS AND SAWKINS, 1983.
Identification
Deposit ID10048858
MRDS IDMX00028
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates29.8988, -110.06315
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.