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Magistral

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049504
MRDS ID MX02229
Record type Site
Current site name Magistral
Alternate or previous names Promotono
Related records 10133597

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.13392, 28.45024 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 7 KM NW OF EL LETRERO, 15 KM SE OF TUTUACA (AU, AG)

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

  • 35 KM W OF TOMOSACHI (OR TOMOCHIC)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRADES OR PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS NOT DETERMINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.13392, 28.45024
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip A90 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tutuaca-Ocampo/Temosachic Area

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PITS AND SHAFT. FLOODED, 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 57-61.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT ZONE CONTAINING MINERALIZED BRECCIA 100 M WIDE. BEST ORE IN 2 M ZONE ALONG LOWER FAULT BOUNDARY. VARIOUS AU QUARTZ VEINS IN FRACTURES CUTTING ANDESITES, RHYOLITES, AND IGNIMBRITES. LIKELY SIMILAR TO TUTUACA AND LOS LETEROS (EL LETRERO).
Deposit SIZE AND HISTORY OF WORKING NOT DETERMINED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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