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Santa Barbara

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Production statistics
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049514
MRDS ID MX02241
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Barbara

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.26308, 27.27111 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 KM N OF RIO PLATA ON THE W SIDE OF THE RIO SEPTENTRION.

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.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.26308, 27.27111
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY ANDESITES COVERED BY TUFFS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name /Guazapares

Production statistics

  • Year 1924
    Material ORE AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1904 Kg Contained Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 1904000g

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR OTHER YEARS NOT KNOWN.

Comments on development

  • RIO PLATA MINING CO. INSTALLED 25-STAMP MILL AND 1560 M AQUADUCT TO PROVIDE WATER FOR HYDRAULICALLY POWERED CONCENTRATOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 103-104.

  • Deposit

    SPP, 1984, CIUDAD OBREGON

  • Production

    GONZALEZ, 1956.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN FRACTURES CUTTING ANDESITES. POSSIBLY AU WITH THE AG, NOT RECOVERED DURING MINING.
Deposit BOUGHT BY RODOLFO CRUZ, SOMETIME AFTER 1903, IN EXCHANGE FOR A RED BLANKET WORTH $3.00. CRUZ EXTRACTED MORE THAN $43,000.00 WORTH OF SILVER FROM THE MINE, AND LATER SOLD THE PROPERTY FOR $350,000.00 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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