San Francisco De Churo

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10049687
MRDS ID MX02819
Record type Site
Current site name San Francisco De Churo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.65059, 27.56694 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM S OF EL CIMON PROSPECT, 8KM SW OF SAN AUGISTIN, 4KM W OF LAS TUNAS

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

  • ALONG SONORA-CHIHUAHUA BORDER, PROSPECT IN MESAS 15 KM W OF GUADALUPE VICTORIA VILLAGE AND 20 KM NW OF CHINIPAS VILLAGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD PRESENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.65059, 27.56694

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Epithermal Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chinipas District / Temoris Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOLGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984, CIUDAD OBREGON: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT OCCURS ALONG THE TETA MOA ARROYO, SIMILAR VEIN OCCURRENCE AT TETAMOA PROSPECT, ALL WITHIN THE GUADAUPE VICTORIA DISTRICT AREA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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