Guadalupe Bravo

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049482
MRDS ID MX02194
Record type Site
Current site name Guadalupe Bravo
Related records 10230332

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.96721, 31.31683 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Acala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sierra Blanca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Van Horn(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • LOCALITY NOT CERTAIN, TAKEN FROM SEVERAL SOURCES GIVING VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.96721, 31.31683

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins And Shear Zones.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT: PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL ORIGIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guadalupe / Sierra San Ignacio

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-90 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.