Palo Blanco Lamentos B

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10049452
MRDS ID	MX02128
Record type	Site
Current site name	Palo Blanco Lamentos B
Related records	10133629

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-106.21721, 30.33352 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	5000(meters)
Relative position	30 KM S OF MAGDELENA DE AHUMADA

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

LOCATED 45 KM SE OF AHUMADA ON SE SIDE OF TERT. VOLCANIC HILLS. 15 KM NW OF OJOS DE SAN ANTONIO PUEBLO

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary
Silver	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-106.21721, 30.33352	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TYPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Medium
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	/Ahumada

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	MX02128

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	LIKELY SIMILAR TO MAGDELENA PROSPECT AND THE AHUMADA DISTRICT/AREA.
Deposit	TERT. VOLCANICS DISCORDANTLY OVERLAY MESOZOIC SEDIMENTS. ; 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-JAN-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.