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Las Animas

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049582
MRDS ID MX02341
Record type Site
Current site name Las Animas
Related records 10118546

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.49227, 28.60857 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 10-15 KM FROM MORRIS (AU,AG) AND MILAGROS (AU, AG)

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

  • 60 KM NW OF LOS BAYOS, 50 KM NNW OF OCAMPO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS IN EPITHERMAL (?) QUARTZ VEINS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.49227, 28.60857
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Faults Mapped From Photogeology Of 1:250,000 Quad.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ocampo/Madera

Comments on development

  • VEIN DEPOSITS COULD POSSIBLY BE CONCENTRATED ENOUGH FOR A BULK MINEABLE DEPOSIT. AU MAY BE DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE OF VEINS.

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, 1984, TECORIPA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, SAN ANTONIO (H12D68) TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR DEPOSIT TO MORIS AND MILAGROS AND MUCH OF OCAMPO DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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