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El Maguey

Past Producer in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Bismuth
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10050082
MRDS ID MX10037
Record type Site
Current site name El Maguey
Alternate or previous names Leon Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.52816, 21.18526 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 13-15 KM ENE OF LEON CITY., Acc +/- 15 Sec., Acc +/- 15 Sec., Acc +/- 15 Sec., Acc +/- 15 Sec.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.52816, 21.18526
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N45w Normal Fault, West Down. N50w, 40sw Vein 375 M Long, 3.5 M Wide.

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Not On Lineament.

Comments on the geologic information

  • HG AND OPAL IN RHYOLITE. TERT BASALT EXTENDS OVER 0.2 SQ KM. TERT FELSIC EXTRUSIVE EXTENDS OVER 1.8 SQ KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1850

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 MINES, 0 PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 1 OPAL, 1 HG MINE,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INEGI, 1975, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE.

  • Deposit

    CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, GEOLOGICAL-MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO: SECRETARIA DE ENERGIA, MINAS E INDUSTRIA PARAESTATAL, 136 P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIEDRAS DE LUMBRAS IS THE MAIN MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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