Manuel Benavides

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049515
MRDS ID MX02244
Record type Site
Current site name Manuel Benavides
Related records 10166675

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.91714, 29.04607 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 60 KM FROM ESTACION EL CHOPO; WITHIN A KM OF SAN CARLOS PB-ZN REPLACEMENT ASSOCIATED

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Terlengua Number 3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chisos Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Emory Peak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 10 KM W OF MANUEL BENAVIDES; SANTA MARTHA REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT 15 KM TO S

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.91714, 29.04607

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Anticline.

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE AND INTRUSIVES, FAULTED AND FOLDED PRIOR TO EMPLACEMENT OF TERTIARY ROCKS. TERTIARY INTRUSIVES: HORNBLENDE GRANITE, HORNBLENDITES, DIORITES, SYENITES, AND APLITES. TERTIARY EXTRUSIVES: RHYOLITE FLOWS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Carlos District/Manuel Benavides Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 182000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 62 wt-pct Iron Major 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBLE RESERVES.
  • TOTAL RESERVES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOMEZ R., D., 1961, INVENTARIO DE LOS YACIMIENTOS FERRIFEROS DE MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES PUBLICACION 3 E, (CHIHUAHUA LOC. 3).

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 170-177.

  • Deposit

    COX, D.P., AND SINGER, D.A., 1986, MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS: USGS BULLETIN 1693, 379 P.

  • 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, MANUEL BENAVIDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GOMEZ, 1961.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT AND SAN CARLOS PB-ZN VEINS (MX02266) ARE ASSOCIATED DEPOSITS BOTH RELATED TO GRANITIC INTRUSION AND SKARN DEPOSIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB
Deposit THREE IRREGULAR CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS IN LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITIC INTRUSIVES. AVERAGE DIMENSIONS: 50 M X 20-30 M X 5-20 M. ORE CONSISTS OF HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE, FE-GARNETS, EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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