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El Terrero

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049639
MRDS ID MX02748
Record type Site
Current site name El Terrero

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.20058, 27.16696 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM W OF CIENEGUITA, 20 KM N OF LA REFORMA

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

  • LOCATION IS NEAR EL TERRERS VILLAGE, ABOUT 4-6 KM DUE S ON THE COVEGACHIC RIVER. EL TERRERO IS SHOWN ON THE CIUDAD OBREGON GEOLOGIC QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.20058, 27.16696
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Many N10w Striking Vertical Faults/ Lineaments

Comments on the geologic information

  • ON 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC QUAD MAPPED AS TERT OLIGO- MIOCENE RHYOLITE- TUFFACIOUS ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Temoris Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPP, 1984, CIUDAD OBREGON, (G12-3), CARTA GEOLOGICA INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMATICA, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, SCALE 1:250,000

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1979, CIENEGA (G12 B48); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN OLDER AND YOUNGER VOLCANIC SEQUENCES
Deposit ACCESS VIA TRAIN THROUGH TEMORIS TO RIO CHINIPAS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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