El Mezquite

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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 10049581
MRDS ID MX02340
Record type Site
Current site name El Mezquite
Related records 10215414

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.41588, 29.01272 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 7 KM N OF EL MEZQUITE

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

  • 8 KM BY JEEP ROAD FROM CEBADILLA DE DOLORES. 50 KM WSW OF MADERA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.41588, 29.01272

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dolores Mineral District/Madera Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1983, MADERA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • 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

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1984, EL REFUGIO H12D48 TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIMILAR TO DOLORES MINE 7 KM TO S. MINE ABANDONED AS OF 1980.

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.