Huizopa

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049410
MRDS ID MX02047
Record type Site
Current site name Huizopa
Alternate or previous names Huisopa, Mines: O'Callahan, Maria Elena, Candelaria, Juarez, Flor De Un Dia,, La Union, Cinco De Mayo.
Related records 10133665

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.55477, 28.7794 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM SW OF DOLORES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 60 KM N OF OCAMPO; 6 KM W OF RIO TUTUACA AND HUISAPA RIVER GORGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS IN QUARTZ VEINS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VARIOUS ASSAYS LISTED IN G/TON. MARIA ELENA: 5.76 AU, 49.8 AG
Result O'CALLAHAN: 1.0-5.25 AU, 10.0-61.0 AG
Result FLOR DE UN DIA: 0.5-4.0 AU, 22.0-59.0 AG
Result AVG. GRADE OF LOT OF 263 TONS OF ORE FROM CINCO DE MAYO AND LA UNION MINES: 25.0 G/TON AU, 910.0 G/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.55477, 28.7794

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 42-45 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK MAINLY ANDESITE, OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITIC ROCKS IN ADJACENT AREAS. VEIN DEPOSITS SIMILAR TO THOSE IN DOLORES AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name /Madera

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS, WIDESPREAD BUT SMALL SCALE WORKINGS TOTALING SEVERAL 100 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL (DURANGO, MX), P. 62-65.

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, SAN ANTONIO (H12D68) TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, TECORIPA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE SYSTEMS OF AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN ANDESITE. 1> GRUPO DEL NORTE (TUNEL O'CALLAHAN, TUNEL ADELITA, MERCEDES, MARIA ELENA). 2> LA ESCONDIDA (CANDELARIA, JUAREZ, FLOR DE UN DIA, PITAHAYA, TUNEL THIEBES). 3> ADELINA (LA UNION, CINCO DE MAYO). VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM SEVERAL CM TO 4-6 M.
Deposit OTHER SIMILAR VEINS OUTSIDE THE HUIZOPA AREA: 1> IMMEDIATELY N AT AGUAJE; SANGRO DE CHRISTO VEIN. 2> 100 M FURTHER N; ABRAHAM VEGA VEIN, AURIF. QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINING 10 G/TON AU AND 692 G/TON AG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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