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Guazapares

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049518
MRDS ID MX02249
Record type Site
Current site name Guazapares

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.28391, 27.37528 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 15 KM NE OF LA PATRIA, 10-15 KM SE OF BATOSEGACHIC

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. LOCATION LISTED IN TEXT (GONZALEZ, 1956) AS 27-23- N, 108-25- W. 12 KM N OF TEMORIS, 30 KM SE OF GUADALUPE VICTORIA. MINE AREA SHOWN ON 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • 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) -108.28391, 27.37528
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR AND QTZ BRECCIAS
    Strike N 30-40 W
    Dip A90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK: TERTIARY ANDESITES OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITIC TUFFS AND BRECCIAS, IN TURN OVERLAIN BY RHYOLITE FLOWS.VEINS ARE TRACED FOR SEVERAL MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Guazapares District/ Temoris Area

Comments on development

  • SPANISH MINERS ORIGINALLY WORKED AREA IN LATE 1600'S. BY 1907 MINES HAD BEEN EXTENSIVELY WORKED UNDERGROUND BUT NOT TO WATER TABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ R., J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERO DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: XX CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 107-108.

  • 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

  • Deposit

    SPP, 1984, CIUDAD OBREGON

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, JORGE, 1907

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU-AG-BEARING EPITHERMAL VEINS ALONG FAULTS IN ANDESITE. MANY SMALL MINE AREAS THROUGHOUT 10 KM DIAMETER AREA AROUND DISTRICT.
Deposit MINING HISTORY AND DISTRICT DESCRIBED BY GRIGGS, 1907 P.273-279. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-88 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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