La Senorita

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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 10092757
MRDS ID MX02098
Record type Site
Current site name La Senorita
Related records 10278902

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.43387, 28.98079 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 15 KM NORTH OF SAN MARCOS (U), 5-8 KM W OF SAN VINCENTE ACCORDING TO SOC GEOL MEX A.C., 1985, COMPILATION MAP.

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

  • LA SENORITA IS 6 KM WEST OF SAN VICENTE WHICH IS 6 KM WEST OF THE CIUDAD JUAREZ-CHIHUAHUA HIGHWAY, 40 KM NORTH OF CHIHUAHUA CITY. SAME AREA AS SAN VINCENTE, 45-50 KM NW OF CHIHUAHUA ON THE CHIHUAHUA-CIUDAD JUAREZ HIGHWAY 15 KM W . SW OF EL SAUZ BY APPROX. 35 KM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SKARN MINERALIZATION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.43387, 28.98079

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Skarn

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT COMPRISED OF ESSENTIALLY UNDEFORMED CONTINENTAL VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Victorino-Chihuahua Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUILD, P.W., 1981, PRELIMINARY METALLOGENIC MAP OF NORTH AMERICA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 858-A AND -B.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND GOODELL, P.C., (EDS.), 1983, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NORTH-CENTRAL CHIHUAHUA: EL PASO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, GUIDEBOOK, 1983 FIELD CONFERENCE, 0CT. 7-9, 1983, PLATE 1, SCALE 1:500000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO, 1985, CHIHUAHUA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • 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

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOLGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL GOVERNEMNT OF MEXICO D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY A SKARN DEPOSIT ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSION OF GRANITE. POSSIBLY POLYMETALLIC REPLACEMENT SKARN ASSOCIATED WITH INTRUSION OF CRET-ETERT GRANODIORITE PERHAPS SIMILAR TIME AND ASSOCIATED WITH TERRAZAS DISTRICT 20-30 KM TO THE E.
Deposit 3 MINES LOCATED AROUND SAN VICENTE LOCATION. EAST SIDE OF SIERRA VICTORINO HAS MANY PROSPECT AREAS. THERE ARE MANY MINES NORTHEAST OF CHIHUAHUA CITY. THERE ARE MANY DEPOSITS NW-50 KM OF CHIHUAHUA CITY THAT SHOW SIMILAR RELATIONSHIPS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-90 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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