Cieneguilla

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Silver
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 10049599
MRDS ID MX02363
Record type Site
Current site name Cieneguilla
Related records 10166391

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.61722, 28.41692 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 12 KM W ON HIGHWAY FROM EL AGUAJE, Est (+/- 2 Minutes)

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

  • 3 PROSPECTS ARE NOTED ON THE SOC. GEOL. MEX. A.C., 1985 GEOLOGICAL MAP. THEY ALL OCCUR 1-2 KMS N OF THE CUAUHTEMOC-CHIHUAHUA CITY HIGHWAY, 22 - 29 KM E OF CUAUHTEMOC. COORDINATES CORRESPOND APPROXIMATELY TO THE CENTER PROSPECT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.61722, 28.41692

Economic information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTS

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 ALL THREE OCCURRENCES APPEAR TO BE IN THE SAME TERTIARY VOLCANIC SEQUENCES. ; 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.