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San Miguel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049667
MRDS ID MX02790
Record type Site
Current site name San Miguel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.8339, 27.41695 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 22 KM N5E OF URIQUE

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 SHOWN ON 1:250,000 GEOL. MAP, ALONG BARRANCA DEL COBRE ARROYO W BANK 9 KM DUE S OF AREPONAPUCHI AND 40 KM N5W OF BATOPILAS CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.8339, 27.41695
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURRENCE IN OUTCROPS OF GRANODIORITE AT BOTTOM OF CANYON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baranca Del Cobre District / Batopilas Area

Comments on development

  • UNLIKELY TO HAVE PRODUCED MUCH IF ANYTHING, SMALL OCCURRENCE

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 D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER IN VEINS ASOCIATED WITH TERT AGE GRANODIORITE
Deposit TEMOCHOCATE RANCH IS 2 KM SE OF OCCURRENCE NEAR CERO POAMERAVO ; 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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