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Almoloya

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049657
MRDS ID MX02775
Record type Site
Current site name Almoloya
Alternate or previous names Sierra Almoloya

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.28383, 27.06697 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 6 KM N OF CIGARRERO

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

  • 35 KM W OF JIMENEZ. THE PRINCIPAL MINE IN THE DISTRICT. CIGARRERO IS IN THE CENTER OF DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 75
USGS model code 19c
Deposit model name Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Mark3 model number 18

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.28383, 27.06697
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tight Folds, Faulting, Laramide Thrusting,

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN THE DISTRICT ARE CRETACIOUS, SIMILAR IN GEOLOGY AND CORRESPONDING TO THE COMANCHE FORMATION IN THE U.S. PARTICULARY THE EDWARDS LIMESTONE. LIMESTONES ARE FOSSILIFEROUS, AND METAMORPHOSED FORMING WHITE COLORED MARBLE MANTOS. IN THE VALLE DE JULIETA THERE ARE RHYOLITE AND BASALTIC VOLCANICS OVERLAYING CARBONATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sierra Almoloya District / Jimenez Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • APPROX. DEPTH FROM 1956, GONZALEZ REYNA.

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 D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.T., 1907, SIERRA ALMOLOYA, CHIHUAHUA MINING WORLD , V. 27, NO. 17, P. 686-691. GRIGGS, 1907, MINES OF CHIHUAHUA

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.T., 1907, SIERRA ALMOLOYA, CHIHUAHUA MINING WORLD , V. 27, NO. 17, P. 686-691.

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.T., 1907, MINES AND PROSPECTS OF SIERRA DE ALMOLOYA. MINING WORLD, V. 26, NO. 18, P. 560.

  • Deposit

    VILLAFANA, A., 1914, CRIADEROS MINERALES EN LA SIERRA DE ALMOLOYA, ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA: LA NATURALEZA, 3A SERIE, V. 1, NO. 5, P. 168-170.

  • Deposit

    GONZALEZ REYNA, J., 1956A, MEMORIA GEOLOGICO- MINERO DEL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA CONGRESSO GEOLOGICO INTERNACIONAL XXX, MEXICO, 280 P., 1 PLATE.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-91 Kibbe, R.D. (Staude, J-M.G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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