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Urique District

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098768
MRDS ID MX02781
Record type Site
Current site name Urique District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.91724, 27.18362 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position GUAPALAINA IS 8-10 KM TO THE S.

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

  • SW CORNER OF CHIHUAHUA APPROX. 30 KM NE OF THE SINALOA BORDER, 40 KM DUE E OF TEMORIS AND 20 KM NW OF BATOPILAS. DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THE BARRANCA URIQUE CANYON WITH PLATEAUS OVER 2000M AND VALLEY FLOOR UNDER 1000M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU:AG (1:400) APPROX.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.91724, 27.18362
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESITES UNDERLAY FELSIC VOLCANIC WHICH IS CAPPED BY TERTARY (MIOCENE?) BASALT. MINERALIZATION IN OLIGCENE ABOUT 35 MA OLD FLOWS AND TUFFS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Urique District / Batopilas Area

Comments on the production information

  • $ 20 - 50 MILLION DOLLARS OF GOLD.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ABANDONED QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C.,1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO; CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO, MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500000

  • Deposit

    WISSER, E., 1966, THE EPITHERMAL PRECIOUS-METAL PROVINCE OF NORTHWEST MEXICO: A.I.M.E. CONFERENCE MAY 5-7, 1965, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 13, P. 63-92.

  • 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

  • Production

    WISSER, 1966

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAY IN SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE FOR BRICK CLAY.
Deposit THE DISTRICT HAS AT LEAST 7 MINE AREAS (ACCORDING TO SOC GEOLO MEX A.C.,1985, MAP) WITHIN A 6 KM RADIUS OF URIQUE. METAMORPHASED ROCKS ARE MAPPED 1 KM E OF URIQUE VILLAGE. ACORDING TO WISSER,1966, BASE METALS SULFIDES ARE FOUND WITH THE PRECIOUS METALS IN VEINS WHICH OCCUR FROM 0-250' ABOVE THE GRANITOID (GRANODIORITE?) "BASEMENT", THE VEINS THAT AVERAGE ONE METER AND AU:AG RATIOS ARE 1:400 SIZE UNCERTAIN BUT SMALLER THAN BATOPILAS DISTRICT.
Deposit URIQUE IS ONE OF THE MAJOR DISTRICTS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CHIHUAHUA ; 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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