Refugio Mine

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088927
MRDS ID MX02884
Record type Site
Current site name Refugio Mine
Alternate or previous names El Refugio Mine, Parral Mine, Nuestra Senora Del Refugio

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.81024, 27.95999 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 10 Seconds, From 1:50,000 Quad

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

  • LOCATION FROM 1:50,000 TOPO MAP; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = G13-2 CAMARGO 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STAUDE VISIT 1992

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.81024, 27.95999

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1650
Discoverer Spanish
Year of first production 1650
Year of last production 1990
Production years 1600-1990

Mining district

District name Parral District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Minera Frisco

Comments on development

  • MINE HEAVILY EXPLORED

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

    GRIGGS, 1907, MINES OF CHIHUAHUA, APPROX. 300P.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE OF THE MAIN MINES IN THE PARRAL DISTRICT
Deposit PHOTO OF EL REFUGIO MINE AND DESCRIPTION OF MINE IN GRIGGS, 1907 (P. 276-279) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1600S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.