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Santa Brigida

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. Ore body information
  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 10049503
MRDS ID MX02228
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Brigida
Alternate or previous names Cerro Santa Brigida, Mines: Oregon, Protectora, Cuatro Hermanos, Tres Hermanos
Related records 10133204

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.43392, 28.33358 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 12 KM SW OF YEPACHIC, ON E SLOPE OF CERRO DE SANTA BRIGIDA, 10 KM W OF CUBIRO

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

  • CERRO SANTA BRIGIDA CAN BE REACHED BY JEEP ON A DIRT ROAD 13 KM SW OF THE VILLAGE OF YEPACHIC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.43392, 28.33358
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins, High Grade

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ocampo/Temosachic

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 2000 M OF SHAFTS, TUNNELS, CROSS-CUTS, AND DRIFTS. 250 TPD PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 59-60.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, YEPACHIC (H12D78) TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IDENTICAL TO TUTUACA DEPOSIT. POSSIBLY SIMILAR TO OTHERS IN OCAMPO 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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