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El Tejaban

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092812
MRDS ID MX02784
Record type Site
Current site name El Tejaban

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.5839, 27.46695 (WGS84)
Elevation 1700
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 35 KM DUE N OF LA BUFA DISTRICT AND 25 KM N75E OF SAN MIGUEL OCCURRENCE.

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

  • 3 PROSPECT OCCURRENCES ARE SHOWN ON 1:500,000 GEOLOGIC MAP BUT NO LOCALITIES ARE SHOWN ON HE 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP. BARRANCA DE COBRE DISTRICT IS 40 KM NE OF URIQUE CITY AND 390 KM S OF CREEL VILLAGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.5839, 27.46695
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Barranca Del Cobre District / Urique - Creel 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG NORTHSIDE OF W FLOWING URIQUE RIVER AND IN HILLS 1-3 KM N NEAR THE MESA LA CRUZ
Deposit DESCRIPTION OF OCCURRENCE TAKEN FROM GEOLOGIC MAPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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