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Pena Blanca

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Uranium
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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 10049714
MRDS ID MX02855
Record type Site
Current site name Pena Blanca
Related records 10255073

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.05053, 29.13356 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 25 KM NNW OF EL CUERVO (GYPSUM) AND 30-35 KM NNE OF TERAZAS 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

  • 2 MINE AREAS ONE APPROX. 4-7 KM TO THE W AT APPROX. 29-08N, 106-05W. DISTRICT IS 15-20 SQ KM IN THE N PART OF THE SIERRA PENA BLANCA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.05053, 29.13356
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hydrothermal Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pena Blanca District/ El Sauz-Aldama 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,1983, BUENAVENTURA CARTA GEOLOGICA: MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EL NOPAL 1 IS THE MAIN DEPOSIT, IT IS A HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA PIPE HOSTED IN CALCALKALINE VOLCANICS THAT ARE 44 MILLION YEARS OLD.
Deposit DEPOSITS ON THE DISTRICT INCLUDE EL NOPAL 1 , PUERTO TRES, LAS MARGARITAS; AND SEVERAL OTHER MINES INCLUDING PUERTO 1 THRU PUERTO 9. ; 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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