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Samalayuca

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  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 10049454
MRDS ID MX02139
Record type Site
Current site name Samalayuca
Related records 10279275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.55056, 31.33349 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM NW OF SIERRA DE SAMALAYUCA SOUTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tornillo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 10 KM DUE W OF SAMALAYUCA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.55056, 31.33349
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Anticlinal Fold Axis

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 Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Juarez

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

    CLARK, K.F., AND GOODELL, P.C., (EDS.), 1983, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA: EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE, 0CT. 7-9, 1983, PLATE 1, SCALE 1:500000.

  • 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

    MOLDONADO KOERDELL, MANUEL, ED., 1956, ESTRATIGRAFIA MESOZOICA Y TECTONICA DE LA SIERRA DE CHIHUAHUA; PERMICO DE PLACER DE GUADALUPE, CHIHUAHUA; GEOHIDROLOGIA DE LA REGION LAGUNERA; ESTRATIGRAFIA MESOZOICA Y TECTONICA DE LA SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL ENTRE MAPIMI, DGO. Y MONTERREY, N.L.: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGIC CONGRESS EXCURSION A-13, MEXICO, 120 P., MANY MAPS INCLUDED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT, SIMILAR DEPOSITS AT SIERRA DE SAMALAYUCA SOUTH. TWO PROSPECT AREAS SHOWN ON SOC. GEOL. MEX. A.C. MAP OF CHIHUAHUA.

Reporter information

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

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