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Puerto Del Aire

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10049535
MRDS ID MX02276
Record type Site
Current site name Puerto Del Aire
Alternate or previous names La Esperanza, La Providencia
Related records 10255124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.36301, 29.12523 (WGS84)

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 NEAREST 15 SECONDS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Uraninite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.36301, 29.12523
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 78 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEE: PLACER DE GUADALUPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name /Aldama

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO-MINERA DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: CONGRESO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL, 20TH, DURANGO, MEXICO, 1956, P. 185-192.

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1946, LOS CRIADEROS DE URANIO Y ORO EN PLACER DE GUADALUPE Y PUERTO DEL AIRE, ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: COMITE DIRECTIVO PARA LA INVESTIGACION DE LOS RECURSOS MINERALES DE MEXICO (CRNNR BOLETIN 5).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE SUBPARALLEL VEINS SEPARATED BY 15-30 M, WITH ORE BANDS 0.1-0.15 M WIDE. TYPICAL VEIN (LA REYNA VEIN): 0.40-1.00 M WIDE, AVERAGE A0.70 M, WITH SHALE FOOTWALL AND PORPHYRY HANGING WALL, COMPOSED OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ. NATIVE GOLD ASSOCIATED WITH URANINITE OCCURS IN 10 CM BAND ALONG FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1988 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Page, Norman J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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