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Batosegachic

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold
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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 10098759
MRDS ID MX02013
Record type Site
Current site name Batosegachic
Alternate or previous names Mines: San Juan, Dolores, Patrocinio, San Gregorio, Santa Teresa, San Luis.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.33392, 27.43778 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM NW OF GUAZAPARES.

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

  • ESTIMATED TO NEAREST 15 SECONDS. 20 KM N OF TEMORIS. BATOCEGACHIC SHOWN ON 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold 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 > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.33392, 27.43778
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N 0-10 W Trending Lineaments

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT COMPRISED OF ESSENTIALLY UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANIC ROCKS. ANDESITES OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE FLOWS AND RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND BRECCIAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1628

Mining district

District name /Guazapares

Comments on development

  • INACTIVE, 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS BATOSEGACHI-EL POTRERO IN GUILD, 1981. LOCATION ALSO CALLED BATASEGACHI (SOC GEO MEX A.C. MAP) BATOCEGACHIC ( 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB
Deposit EIGHT N-TRENDING VEINS IN ANDESITES. DIPS TO BOTH THE EAST AND THE WEST. AVERAGE WIDTH: 3 M. TRACEABLE FOR 14 KM ALONG STRIKE. ACCORDING TO PEARCE, 1907, THE BATOSEGACHIC VEINS ARE PART OF THE SAME VEIN SYSTEM IN THE GUAZAPARES DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-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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