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Caballo-Camuchine

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity 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 10049646
MRDS ID MX02758
Record type Site
Current site name Caballo-Camuchine
Alternate or previous names Camuchine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.76724, 27.03085 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position NW AND W PART OF BATOPILAS DISTRICT, 5 KM W OF BATOPILAS VILLAGE

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

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = G13-1 SAN JUANITO 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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) -107.76724, 27.03085
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structures

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE WILKERSON ET AL., 1988

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Batopilas District

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 CALCITE WITH MINOR QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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