Magdalena

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. 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 10049551
MRDS ID MX02296
Record type Site
Current site name Magdalena
Alternate or previous names Magdalena De Ahumada
Related records 10158186

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.35055, 30.58351 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 25 KM SW OF MOSQUETEROS

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

  • 4 MINES IN NORTHERN PART OF VOLCANIC HILLS 10 KMS NORTH OF TINAJAS, 10 KM EAST OF AHUMADA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.35055, 30.58351

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name / Ahumada

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE LIKELY SIMILAR VEINS LIKE MOSQUETEROS AREA. THIS MIGHT ALL BE CALLED THE AHUMADA DISTRICT SINCE SIMILAR DEPOSIT TYPE.
Deposit SINCE AG PB ZN DEPOSITS OCCUR IN THESE ROCKS AS WELL AS OLDER SEDIMENTS, WE CAN GET SOME BETTER AGE CONSTRAINTS ON DEPOSITS BEING THE SAME AGE OR YOUNGER THAN TERT. VOLCANICS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-90 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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