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Cerro Colorado

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Gold
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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 10092814
MRDS ID MX02793
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Colorado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.65057, 27.10029 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 6-8 KM N OF BATOPILAS MINES

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

  • CERO COLORADO MOUNTAIN AND PUEBLO SHOWN ON 1:250,000 TOPO MAP. GRANIDIORITE INTRUSIVE ALONG N ROAD 8-12 KM FROM BATOPILAS VILLAGE HOSTS THE OCCURRENCE NO MINE SHOWN ON 1:250,000 MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.65057, 27.10029
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • INTRUSIVE MAY BE YOUNGER THEN LARAMIDE ?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name 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

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1980, LA BUFA (G13-A42); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.

  • Deposit

    CERRO COLORADO OCCURRENCE IS APPROX., THE NW MOST OCCURRENCE IN HTHE BATOPILAS DISTRICT. AND IS LOCATED UPSTREAM 10 KM FROM BATOPILA

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSIVE AND CRET- TERT INTERMEDIATE VOLCANIC
Deposit CERO SOLORADO OCCURRENCE IS APPROX. THE NW MOST OCCURRENCE IN THE BATOPILAS DISTRICT. AND IS LOCATED UPSTREAM 10 KM FROM BATOPILAS. ; 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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