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El Desierto Prospect

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10049742
MRDS ID MX02900
Record type Site
Current site name El Desierto Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cerro Desierto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.45326, 26.78365 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position LOCATION FROM 1:50,000 TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE

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

  • PROSPECT ON CERRO EL DESIERTO N SIDE OF N HILL TOP 5 KM WSW OF EL CARMEN AND HIGHWAY 49; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = G13-5 HIDALGO DEL PARRAL 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.45326, 26.78365
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Abundant Dikes On Top Of Cerro El Desierto

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Jimenez Area

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT ; ECON.COM: PROSPECT WITH ROAD TO IT

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

    DIVISION DEL NORTE G13B52, 1976, 1:50,000 GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR TO RELLANO PB-ZN OCCURENCE 8 KM NW OF HERE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-92 Staude, John-Mark 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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