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Sahuayacancito

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049588
MRDS ID MX02350
Record type Site
Current site name Sahuayacancito
Related records 10230470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.6756, 28.14192 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM N OF SAHUAYACAN

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

  • ON THE ROAD BETWEEN TOWNS OF SAHUAYACAN (10 KM TO THE S) AND NE TALAYOTES (7 KM TO THE N). MINE IS 15 KM E OF LA REPUBLICA MINE AND 20 KM W OF MORIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Mixed Clastic/Carbonate Rock
    Rock unit name Barranca Formation
    Rock description Barranca Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.6756, 28.14192
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Moris 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, 1982, SIERRA OBSCURA 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 DEPOSIT AT CONTACT BETWEEN BARRANCA FORMATION AND VOLCANICS

Reporter information

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

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