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Nuevo Valle De Moreno

Past Producer in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodity Tin
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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 10050084
MRDS ID MX10041
Record type Site
Current site name Nuevo Valle De Moreno
Alternate or previous names Cuate-Azteca

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.41702, 21.16722 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

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
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.41702, 21.16722
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Ne

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS ARE QUARTZ, IRON OXIDES, AND AURIARGENTIFEROUS SULFIDES. PHOSPHATE MANTOS, CASSITERITE ON FRACTURES IN RHYOLITE, HG IN FISSURE VEINS ALONG WITH AU-AG. DATA FROM CRM (1992) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS BOOK ON GUANAJUATO STATE. QAL EXTENDS OVER 4 SQ KM. TERT(MIO-PLIO) BASALT EXTENDS OVER 1.5 SQ KM (MINERALIZATION?). TERT (OLIGO?) ANDESITE FLOWS EXTEND OVER 1 SQ KM (MINERALIZATION). TERT (OLIGO?) RHYOLITE-ANDESITE EXTENDS OVER 2.5 SQ KM. CRET LIMESTONE-SHALE EXTENDS OVER 4 SQ KM (MINERALIZATION). JUR SANDSTONE, SHALE, SCHIST, SLATE, PHYLLITE EXTENDS OVER 2 SQ KM (MINERALIZATION).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1,148,971 TONS PROCESSED OF 1.346 KG/T AG, 8.5 G/T AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • 18 MINES, 0 PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • 1992 EXPLORATION BY IMMSA AND PENOLESIN IN DISTRICT. ; ECON.COM: EXPLOITATION TO 300 M DEPTH. PILARES HAVE 110 G/T AG, 1 G/T AU. PHOSPHATE 0.5 TO 46% PENTOXIDE PHOSPHOROUS CASSITERITE 20-30% (CRM, 1992). SN IN ASSAYS FROM 9 MINES RANGED 1-6%.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 MAIN MINES IN DISTRICT INCLUDE SAN JOAQUIN, GARIBALDI, CARMEN, SANTA BRIGIDA; MINOR MINES INCLUDE CUATE, CUATAS, CULEBRA, ANGADA, GUIJO, CANADA, AZTECA, ESTEBAN, MANRIQUEZ, MESA, CUARTO BLANCO, PALMA, CRUZ, AMOLES, QUIEBRA, TESORO, REFORMA, SAN PEDRO, TECUAN, DURAZNILLO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1993 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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