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Los Volcanes

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049447
MRDS ID MX02115
Record type Site
Current site name Los Volcanes
Related records 10303618

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.25048, 29.00302 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 20 KM SW OF LA MADENA, 30 KM W OF SANTA MARTHA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 25 KM ENE OF TRINCHERAS (BARRENITOS), 60 KM S OF OJINAGA. THE SOC. GEOL. MEX, A.C. 1985 MAP SHOWS 2 MINE AREAS 3 KM APART.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Mixed Clastic/Carbonate Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.25048, 29.00302
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT COMPRISED OF ESSENTIALLY UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANIC ROCKS. IGNEOUS ROCKS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE RELATED TO THE MANGANESE DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Manuel Benavides - Barrenitos (Trincheras) Area

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

    SALAS, G.P., 1975, CARTA Y PROVINCIAS METALOGENETICAS DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES PUBLICACION 21 E, P. 189.

  • Deposit

    COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.

  • 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, 1985, CHIHUAHUA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POSSIBLY STRATIFIED-STRATIFORM EPITHERMAL MN BEDDED IN CLASTIC SILTSTONES AND SHALES

Reporter information

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

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