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Las Catalinas

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049544
MRDS ID MX02286
Record type Site
Current site name Las Catalinas
Related records 10158272

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.15051, 29.76688 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 20 KM N OF LOS TAJOS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 34 KM N OF COYAME TOWN AND CENTER OF COYAME MINING DISTRICT; W SIDE OF SIERRA LA TINAJA VERDE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.15051, 29.76688
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large N-S Normal Westside Reange Front Fault. May Continue Past Property But May Post Date Metallization.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sedimentary Sequence Strikes N20-45e, Dips To Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR FRACTURE FILLING

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE CONTAINS THE SAN EDUARDO FE SKARN. LOWER CRET. SEQUENCE HAS BASAL ARENITES AND SHALES AND BECOMES MORE CARBONATE RICH NEAR THE TOP OF THE SECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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, 1983, OJINAGA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-90 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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