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El Chilicote

Past Producer in Sonora, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048999
MRDS ID MX00204
Record type Site
Current site name El Chilicote
Alternate or previous names Chicote
Related records 10279792

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.77702, 29.14882 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 KM FROM EDNA LUCIA AND EL ALBUR (SIMILAR DEPOSITS).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Sonora

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Barite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.77702, 29.14882
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 81 E
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Pedro De La Cueva

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1985
    Total resources 2000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 300 g/mt Silver Major 1985
    Gold Au 4 g/mt Gold Major 1985
    Lead Pb 10 wt-pct Lead Major 1985

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FROM DATA TABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS CUT BY THREE LARGE FAULTS. MINERALIZATION WITHIN THE VEIN IS CONCENTRATED ALONG THESE FRACTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1987 Staude, John-Mark G. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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