La Plamosa

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10049584
MRDS ID MX02345
Record type Site
Current site name La Plamosa
Related records 10263595

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.41309, 28.28636 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 KM SW OF LOS PINOS MINE (LA BOLERA MINE)

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

  • MINE LOCATED ON 1:50,000 TOPO, 1 KM W OF LONCHERO CANYON AND ACCESSIBLE BY HIKING TRAIL FROM JEEP ROAD IN JESUS DEL MONTE. TRAIL ACCESS ALSO FROM JESUS DEL MONTE PUEBLO. 15 KM S AND 3 KM W OF YEPACHI.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.41309, 28.28636

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ocampo District/Ocampo-Yepachic Area

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, YEPACHIC (H12D78) 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 POSSIBLY A COMSTOCK VEIN DEPOSIT SILILAR TO OCAMPO MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1993 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.