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Las Hormigas

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Uranium, Manganese
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049440
MRDS ID MX02104
Record type Site
Current site name Las Hormigas
Alternate or previous names Hormigas
Related records 10279309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73386, 29.23356 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 15-20 KM SSW OF ;LA CEJA (AG,PB) (MX02079) AND 35 KM DUE N OF SIERRA DE GOMEZ (MX02203).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 1 KM. (29-18- N, 105-48- W; TRASK AND RODRIGUEZ, 1948); LOCATED NEAR HORMIGAS VILLAGE , 75 KM NE OF CHIHUAHUA AND 50 KM NNE OF ALDAMA.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = H13-8 OJINAGA 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73386, 29.23356
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TYPE. TERT VOLC. 5-8 KM TO THE W. DEPOSIT IS PLACED IN QUATERNARY ALLUVIUM ON SOC GEOL MEX 1985 MAP.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Aldama Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE DEPOSIT.
Deposit DEPOSIT PORBIBLY IN ECRET LIMESTONES IN EAST RANGE FRONT PEDIMENT OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA DE GOMEZ MOUNTAINS. ; 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-MAY-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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