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San Miguel

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Arsenic
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049645
MRDS ID MX02757
Record type Site
Current site name San Miguel
Alternate or previous names Santo Domingo, Nevada Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.72279, 27.03362 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position NE AND E PART OF BATOPILAS DISTRICT

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

  • 3 LARGE MINES IN BATOPILAS DISTRICT DESCRIBED AND LOCATED IN WILKERSON, ET AL., 1988.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 40.8
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 40.8

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.72279, 27.03362
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE WILKERSON, ET AL.,1988.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Batopilas District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 305M
    Overall length 418.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEINS WORKED NEARLY 500 M ALONG STRIKE AND 300 M DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984, SAN JUANITO (G13-2); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    WILKERSON, G., 1983, THE BATOPILAS MINING DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: PH.D DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY TEXAS, EL PASO, 642 P.

  • Deposit

    WILKERSON, G., DENG, Q., LLAVONA, R., AND GOODELL, P., 1988, BATOPILAS MINING DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 1721-1736.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHLORITE AND ACTINOLITE ALTERED WITH MINOR QUARTZ VEINS

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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