Commodities
PrimarySilver, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Deposit sizeU
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlOre Concentrated In Main Vein Below Intersections With Faults And Fractures; Natural Dams Formed Where West Side Of Principal Fissure Moved Relatively Upward. Ore Unrelated To Cross Faults Found In Gently Dipping Parts Of Vein.
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Monos Formation
StructureWest Of Main Shaft Main Fault Is Cut By Several Premineral Cross Faults Striking N 15 W And Dipping 43-85 E. Displacement On Largest Cross Fault Ranges From 0.5 M To 3 M. Postmineral Movement Occurred On Most Of The Faults.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10092697
MRDS IDMX00278
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.74015, -112.58766
References
GUIZA, REINALDO, Y WHITE, DONALD E., 1949, LOS YACIMIENTOS ANTIMONIALES DE LA REGION DE EL ANTIMONIO, ESTADO DE SONORA: INST. NACIONAL PARA LA INVESTIGACION DE RECURSOS MINERALES, BOLETIN NUMERO 23, 47 P.WHITE, D.E. AND GUIZA, REINALDO, 1949, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF EL ANTIMONIO DISTRICT, SONORA, MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 962-B, P. 99-100, PLATES 15,16.GUIZA AND WHITE, 1949.