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El Virulento Dos

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Tin
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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 10049690
MRDS ID MX02823
Record type Site
Current site name El Virulento Dos
Alternate or previous names Flor De Valle
Related records 10303369

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.28659, 28.76692 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 6KM SSE OF EL VIRULENTO UNO, 8 KM NW OF MAGDELENA MINE AND 12 KM N OF CRUCES MINE.

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

  • 20 KM E OF THE OJINAGA-LAPEILA HIGHWAY. REACHABLE BY DIRT ROAD PAST SAN JUAN DE LA MONITA AND THE CRUCES MINE THEN UP THE CANYON BETWEEN SIERRA EL VIRULENTO AND CERROS LA NOPALERA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.28659, 28.76692
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Escobillas District/ Ojinaga Area

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 CIUDAD DELICIAS (H13-11); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SN PROSPECT
Deposit MINE IS NOT NAMED ON SOC GEOL MEX AC,1985 MAP ; 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

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

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