Commodities
PrimaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Geology
Host rockSiltstone,Sandstone
StructureVeins Are Cross-Cut Or Terminated By Premineral Faults, Locally Containing Vein Material, That Strike N 25-35 E And Dip 5-55 E. Veins Also Cut By Postmineral Faults That Strike N 30 E But Generally Steeper In Dip Than Parallel Premineral Faults. Postmineral Movement Has Occurred Locally Along Premineral Faults.
AlterationSiltstone And Sandstone Leached To White Kaolinite And Sand In Zone Extending 60-70 Cm From Vein Walls.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Discovery year1936
Identification
Deposit ID10049197
MRDS IDMX00450
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.73626, -112.58378
References
WHITE, D.E. AND GUIZA, REINALDO, 1949, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF EL ANTIMONIO DISTRICT, SONORA, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 962-B, P.104-105, PLATES 15, 20WHITE AND GUIZA, 1949.