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Socorro

Past Producer 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049509
MRDS ID MX02236
Record type Site
Current site name Socorro
Alternate or previous names Mines: El Templar, Esperanza, Maria Luisa, Veronica Segunda.
Related records 10278878

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.62143, 28.09608 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 12 KM SW OF MORIS, AT CERRO DE PILAR. 10-15 KM SE OF SAHUAYACAN 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

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 15 SECONDS. 25 KM SW OF MORIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.62143, 28.09608
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sahuayacan District/Moris Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1930
    Period 1929-1930
    Material ORE AU AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^229.16 G/Ton Au, 9292.0 G/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 229g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 9292g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOSTLY SURFACE PITS, SOME GAMBOSINO WORKINGS FOLLLOW VEINS UNDERGROUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 83-84.

  • Deposit

    SPP, 1984, TECORIPA

  • Production

    GONZALEZ, 1956.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN, RICH GOLD-SILVER VEINS IN ANDESITES. SURFICIAL MATERIAL MINED BY NUMEROUS SMALL SCALE OPERATIONS OVER THE YEARS.

Reporter information

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

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