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Colorado Cerro

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092841
MRDS ID MX02929
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Cerro
Alternate or previous names Cerro Colorado, Colorado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.35055, 26.35032 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM SW OF ANGLES (AU,AG) AND 10 KM ENE OF SAN JUAN NEPOMUCERO (AG-PB)

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

  • PROSPECT NOT NAMED BUT IS SHOWN ON 1:500,000 SOCIEDAD MAP. 10-15 KM SW OF BABRIGAME AND 15 KM N OF CERRO COLORADO (MO,CU).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

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) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.35055, 26.35032
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • AG-AU IN QUARTZ VEINS IN VOLCANIC ANDESITE AND TO A LESSER ECXTENT RHYOLITES AND TUFFS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Angles District/ Baborigame Area

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS

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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS ACCORDING OF SOC. GEOL. MEX. A.C., 1985 MAP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-92 Staude, John-Mark 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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