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Contencion

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049546
MRDS ID MX02289
Record type Site
Current site name Contencion
Related records 10303423

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.75056, 30.16686 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM WEST OF LOS ARADOS PROSPECT

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

  • TWO PROSPECTS ON 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP IN UPPER CRET. CONGLOMERATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.75056, 30.16686
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description High Angle Faults Cutting Cret. And Tert. Stratigraphy.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP THERE IS A 5 KM X 2 KM SKARN MAPPED WITH ONE OF THE CONTENCION PROSPECTS IN THE MIDDLE. THE OTHER PROSPECT IS LOCATED IN THE NORTH DIPPING UPPER CRET. CONGLOMERATE. FAULTS TRENDING NW & NE CUT THE UNITS, BUT THE PROSPECTS ARE NOT PLOTTED DIRECTLY ON THE FAULTS. THERE IS A TERT. SYENITE PLUTON 3 KM SE OF THE PROSPECTS AND A SMALL PROSPECT IS PLOTTED IN THE INTRUSIVE AS WELL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Ricardo Fiones Magon

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, NUEVO CASAS GRANDES: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1990 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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