Xichu District

Producer in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Tin, Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001052
MRDS ID MX10080
Record type District
Current site name Xichu District
Alternate or previous names La Aurora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -100.03224, 21.32274 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position A MAJOR DISTRICT IN AND IMMEDIATELY AROUND XICHU. LAT-LONG FROM INEGI MINE SYMBOL FOR LA AURORA MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 73
USGS model code 19a + 18c
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement + skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 92

Nearby scientific data

(1) -100.03224, 21.32274

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description NW AND NE FAULTS, N40W ANTICLINE AT EL ORO AND N40W SYNCLINE AT XICHU 4.3 KM SW OF LA AURORA MINE.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • STRUCTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name XICHU DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INEGI, 1973, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC, 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE.

  • Deposit

    CONSEJO RECURSOS MINERALES, 1992, GEOLOGICAL-MINING MONOGRAPH OF THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO: SECRETARIA DE ENERGIA, MINAS E INDUSTRIA PARAESTATAL, 136 P.

  • Deposit

    SALAS, G.P., 1975, MAPA METALLOGENICO DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS NATURALES NO RENOVABLES, PUBLICATION 21E, MEXICO D.F., 188 P.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.