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Rancheria

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Marble, Dimension, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049522
MRDS ID MX02254
Record type Site
Current site name Rancheria
Alternate or previous names Sierra Rancherias
Related records 10133627

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.33666, 31.02517 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tornillo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • AT LEAST 3 SEPARATE PROSPECTS IN NORTHERN HALF OF THE RANGE. APPROXIMATELY 70 KM S OF CIUDAD JUAREZ.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Marble, Dimension Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.33666, 31.02517
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE HOST ROCK, BUT WE HAVE TERT. VOLCANICS, ECRET. SEDIMENTS, AND INTRUSIVE ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Sierra Rancherias

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRASK, P.D. AND RODRIGUEZ C., J. JR., 1948, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF MEXICO: U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 954-F, P. 293-295, TABLE 17.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE DEPOSITS IN RHYOLITE. SKARN DEPOSIT, POSSIBLE VARIOUS TYPES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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