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San Miguel

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Ore body information
  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 10049461
MRDS ID MX02156
Record type Site
Current site name San Miguel
Related records 10133184

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.15048, 28.68358 (WGS84)
Elevation 1550
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 8 KM NW OF EL COYOTE, 15 KM ENE OF ALAMOS

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

  • MINE NOT SHOWN ON 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP. MINE IS 50 KM NE OF LA PERLA CITY AND 45 KM SSW OF MANUEL BENAVIDES CITY. MINE IS ON E SIDE AT S END OF VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    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) -104.15048, 28.68358
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN AND SHEAR ZONES

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT COMPRISED OF ESSENTIALLY UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANIC ROCKS. NO MAPPED INTRUSIVES NEAR THE IRON MINES IN THIS AREA AND IN PARTICULAR NO GRANITIC INTRUSION NEAR THIS MINE.

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

  • 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

    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, CIUDAD DELICIAS (H13-11): CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT FORM FROM SALAS, 1975 MAP. SEBERAL FE MINES LOCATED WITHIN THE 50 KM DIAMETER AREA. EL COYOTE FE MINE IS MERELY 8 KM AWAY.

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

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