Cigarro Mine

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model 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 10088924
MRDS ID MX02774
Record type Site
Current site name Cigarro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.28383, 27.06697 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM SE OF ALMOLOYA, 7 KM E OF CERRO SAN JUAN

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

  • 35 KM W OF JIMENEZ ON THE HIDALGO PARRAL-JIMENEZ HIGHWAY, 3 KM N OF HIGHWAY. MINE IS LOCATED IN A CANYON ALONG NE SIDE OF SIERRA ALMOLOYA, BELOW THE LA CUMBRE HILL NW OF LA JULIETA MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SHIPPED DIRECTLY FROM MINE TO SMELTER VERY HIGH GRADE

Analytical data

Result 40% PB, 0.4% CU, 20 OZ/TON AG, 0.5 OZ/TON AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 75
USGS model code 19c
Deposit model name Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Mark3 model number 18

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.28383, 27.06697

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Structural Control To Orebody.

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLOYMETALLIC REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1950

Mining district

District name Sierra Almoloya District / Jimenez Area

Comments on the production information

  • 1904-1908 PRODUCED $2,000,000

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH GRADE ORE DIRECTLY SENT TO SMELTER

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

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956A, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO- MINERO DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA CONGRESSO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL XXX, MEXICO, 280 P., 1 PLATE.

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, J., 1907, MINES OF CHIHUAHUA: HISTORY, GEOLOGY, STATISTICS, AND MINING COMPANIES, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, PUBLISHED BY AUTHOR IN CHIHUAHUA, 349 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.T., 1907, SIERRA ALMOLOYA, CHIHUAHUA MINING WORLD , V. 27, NO. 17, P. 686-691.

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.T., 1907, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF SIERRA DE ALMOLOYA. MINING WORLD, V. 26, NO. 18, P. 560.

  • Deposit

    PAREDES, T., APUNTES SOBRE ALGUNOS MINERALSE DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: BOLETIN DE LA SOCIEDAD DE GEOLOGIA DE MEXICO, TOMO, 3, PARTE LA P. 21-40, 1911-1912.

  • Deposit

    PEARCE, W.D., 1907, THE MINES OF CHIHUAHUA BY DISTRICT, MINES OF CHIHUAHUA: HISTORY, GEOLOGY, STATISTICS, AND MINING COMPANIES CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, P. 290-308.

  • Deposit

    VILLAFANA, A., 1914, CRIADEROS MINERALES EN LA SIERRA DE ALMOLOYA, ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: LA NATURALEZA, 3A SERIE, V. 1, NO. 5, P. 168-170.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1908, THE ALMOLOYA DISTRICT: THE MEXICAN MINING JOURNAL, V. 7-8, P. 15-16.

  • Deposit

    BRODIE, W.M., 1909A, HISTORY OF THE NATIVE SILVER MINES OF BATOPILAS: MINING WORLD, V. 30, P. 1105-1110.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    GONZALEZ REYNA,1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION NEAR AND ALONG FAULTS. SEMILENTICULAR ORE BODY SHAPE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit STRUCTURALLY CONTROLLED, POSSIBLY HIGH TEMP. CARBIONATE HOSTED PB-ZN DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO THE SANTA EULALIA DISTRICT, NEAR VERTICAL, CENTER OF THE BODY IS BELOW THE LA CUMBRE HILL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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