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Santa Maria Y Moctezuma

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials 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 10049463
MRDS ID MX02159
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Maria Y Moctezuma
Related records 10133523

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.5256, 28.20025 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 16 KM NE OF LA CIENGA MINE

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

  • VILLAGE OF SANTA MARIA AND MINE AREA ARE ACCESSIBLE VIA GOOD ROAD FROM MORIS 6 KM TO THE S. THE MORIS MINE IS 8 KM SW OF SANTA MARIA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.5256, 28.20025
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT COMPRISED OF ESSENTIALLY UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANIC ROCKS. ANDESITES OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND BRECCIAS AND RHYOLITE FLOWS(?). DEPOSIT LOCATED ON N-S TRENDING, W DIPPING NORMAL FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ocampo District/Moris 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

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERO DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 109.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1982, MORIS (H12D88) TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN, BUT LOCALLY RICH AND PERSISTENT AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS ALONG PRE-EXISTING FRACTURES IN ANDESITES. SIMILAR TO OTHER OCAMPO DISTRICT DEPOSITS, COMSTOCK VEIN DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

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

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