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Cinco De Abril

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049502
MRDS ID MX02227
Record type Site
Current site name Cinco De Abril
Alternate or previous names El Potrero
Related records 10133616

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.35059, 28.43357 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ]2 KM W OF TUTUACA; 15 KM W OF PROMOTONO

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

  • THE LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY 10-15 KM S OF THE VILLAGE OF YEPACHIC. IT IS HARD TO LOCATE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY MINES WITH DIFFERENT NAMES.

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)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.35059, 28.43357
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ocampo/Temosachic

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDETERMINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD 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 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, TECORIPA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU-AG-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN (VETA COLUMNA). THIS IS POSSIBLY AN EPITHERMAL AU VEIN AND IS LIKELY SIMILAR TO DEPOSITS IN THE OCAMPA DISTRICT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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