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El Sauz

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold
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  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 10049418
MRDS ID MX02059
Record type Site
Current site name El Sauz
Alternate or previous names El Saus
Related records 10230677

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.81727, 28.19608 (WGS84)
Elevation 1400
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position A4 KM FROM LA REPUBLICA; 2 KM N OF LA REPUBLICA (AU, AG, PB) VIA GOOD ROAD

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

  • 10 KM SW OF CHANATE AND SAN ISIDRO. 50 KM W OF OCAMPO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result 14.179 - 17.015 KG/TON AG
Result NO DATA ON AU CONTENT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.81727, 28.19608
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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 Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moris District/

Comments on development

  • VERY LITTLE MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1982, SIERRA OBSCURA TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.

  • 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, TECORIPA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN DEPOSIT(S) SIMILAR TO SAHUAYACAN.
Deposit AREA SW OF EL SAUZ: SEVERAL VEIN OUTCROPS, THIN, CONTAINING AG-SB MINERALS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

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

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