Cusihuiriachic

Past Producer 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. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049596
MRDS ID MX02360
Record type Site
Current site name Cusihuiriachic
Related records 10255526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.78388, 28.25026 (WGS84)
Elevation 1900
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM W OF SANTO NINO AND 15-20 KM N OF MILPILLAS

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

  • 19 KM S OF CUAUHTEMOC CITY. 70 KM WSW OF CHIHUAHUA CITY.

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.78388, 28.25026

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description W Dipping Normal Faults, Strike N45w

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cuauhtemoc District/Chihuahua City Area

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

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PREPUESTO, 1985, CHIHUAHUA: CARTA GEOLOGICA; INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFIA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BASEMETAL PLOYMETALLIC DEPOSIT HOSTED IN FELSIC VOLCANICS
Deposit 3 MINES LOCATED ON THE SOC. GEOL. MEX. A.C. MAP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-91 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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