El Coyote

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Iron, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049413
MRDS ID MX02051
Record type Site
Current site name El Coyote
Related records 10278820

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.08381, 28.63358 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 8 KM SE OF SAN MIGUEL FE MINE AND 15 KM N OF SANTA MARIA MINE

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

  • 55 KM - 60 KM NE OF LA PERLA CITY AND APPROXIMATELY 50 KM S OF MANUEL BENAVIDES CITY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.08381, 28.63358

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT COMPRISED OF ESSENTIALLY UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Miguel District/Ojinaga Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAN MIGUEL MINE IS 8 KM TO THE N AND POSSIBLY FE-CU? MINE. NO MAPPED INTRUSIVE LEAVES SPECULATION AS TO SOURCE AND MODEL FOR DEPOSIT. POTENTIALLY AN OLYMPIC DAM TYPE DEPOSIT?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.