Chilicote

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese
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. 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 10049466
MRDS ID MX02166
Record type Site
Current site name Chilicote
Alternate or previous names Sierra Chilicote, El Chilicote
Related records 10182019

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.83383, 29.06691 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 25 KM S OF GIOCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Presidio(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED TO WITHIN 1 KM. 75 KM SW OF OJINAGA. 10 KM N OF RAILROADD, AND 25 KM W OF SAN JUAN. 10 KM S OF THE VILLAGE OF CHILICOTE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = H13-8 OJINAGA 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.83383, 29.06691

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PREDOMINANTLY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF MIOGEOSYNCLINAL TYPE.THICK CRET AGED SED. PACKAGE. SEDS. MAY BE PARTLY PALEOZOIC?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Chuchillo Parado District- Chilicote Maclovio Herrera Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DESCRIBED BY TRASK AND RODRIGUEZ (1948) AS MN DEPOSIT IN VOLCANIC ROCKS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB
Deposit FISSURE DEPOSIT IN VOLCANIC ROCKS(?). FISSURE VEIN ROCKS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH N-S STRIKING EAST DIPPING NORMAL FAULT.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.