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Tetamoa

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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10049513
MRDS ID MX02240
Record type Site
Current site name Tetamoa
Alternate or previous names El Durazno Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.64226, 27.56694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1000
Relative position A 20 KM NW OF CHINIPAS, NEAR THE SONORA BORDER.

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. 80 KM S OF OCAMPO, 47 KM NW OF TEMONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    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) -108.64226, 27.56694
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MIOCENE ANDESITES INTRUDED BY MIOCENE GRANITE AND OVERLAIN BY PLIOCENE RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND BRECCIAS, WHICH IN TURN ARE OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE FLOWS. TUFFS AND BRECCIAS DIP 8 DEGREES N. TO THE SOUTH: CRETACEOUS MARINE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, FOLDED, UP TO 600 M THICK, DIP SLIGHTLY (A10 DEGREES) TO THE WEST. LOWER SECTION: ALTERNATING THIN BEDS OF LIMESTONE AND SHALE. MIDDLE SECTION: 450 M OF MASSIVE LIMESTONE. UPPER SECTION: 100 M OF SHALE AND SANDSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chinipas Guadalupe Victoria District / Chinipas - Temons Area

Comments on the workings information

  • RUINS OF MORE THAN 320 ARRASTRES IN AREA.

Comments on development

  • MINED FOR MANY YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, XX, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 96-98, 102.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984, CIUDAD OBREGON: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD VEINS IN FRACTURES CUTTING ANDESITES. ASSOCIATED WITH GRANITIC INTRUSIVES. NEARBY AG-AU BEARING VEIN(?) AT SAN AGUSTIN.
Deposit TETAMOA IS THE NAME OF THE ARROYO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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