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Guapaliana

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10092811
MRDS ID MX02780
Record type Site
Current site name Guapaliana

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.8839, 27.15029 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM S OF URIQUE DISTRICT CENTER

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

  • 20 KM NW OF BATOPILAS , 70 KM SSW OF CREEL CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.8839, 27.15029
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANICS AT BATOPILAS STUDIED IN DETAIL SEE WILKERSON, ET AL,1988, AND REFERENCES THERE IN AS WELL AS THE BATOPILAS MINING DISTRICT RECORD IN MRDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Urique Batopilas Area

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

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984, SAN JUANITO (G13-2); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    WILKERSON, G., DENG, Q., LLAVONA, R., AND GOODELL, P., 1988, BATOPILAS MINING DISTRICT, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 83, P. 1721-1736.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED 2-3 KM W OF INTRUSIVE OUTCROPS
Deposit WILKERSON, ET AL, 1988, PAPER DOES NOT DESCRIBE GUAPALAINA DIRECTLY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.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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