Sierra De Samalayuca Sur

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049569
MRDS ID MX02323
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra De Samalayuca Sur
Alternate or previous names Samalayuca South
Related records 10278794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.51723, 31.30016 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tornillo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Chihuahua

Comments on the location information

  • 5 KM SW OF THE TOWN OF SAMALAYUCA. SOUTHERN TIP OF RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.51723, 31.30016

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Along Axis Of Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • ONE PETROLEUM DRILL HOLE 1 KM WEST OF MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Samalayuca

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.

  • Deposit

    MOLDONADO KOERDELL, MANUEL, ED., 1956, ESTRATIGRAFIA MESOZOICA Y TECTONICA DE LA SIERRA DE CHIHUAHUA; PERMICO DE PLACER DE GUADALUPE, CHIH; GEOHIDROLOGIA DE LA REGION LAGUNERA; ESTRATIGRAFIA MESOZOICA Y TECTONICA DE LA SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL ENTRE MAPIMI, DGO. Y MONTERREY, N.L.: INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGIC CONGRESS EXCURSION A-13, MEXICO, 120 P., MANY MAPS INCLUDED.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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