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Julieta Mine

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049658
MRDS ID MX02776
Record type Site
Current site name Julieta Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.21717, 27.08363 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM E OF ALMOLOYA, 10 KM NW OF CIGARRERO MINE

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

  • 36 KM W OF JIMENEZ. 55 KM E OF PARRAL. THE MINE IS LOCATED IN THE CERRO DE LOS LOBOS SOUTHERN PART OF THE SIERRA ALMMOLOYA, IN THE NE PART OF THE VALLE DE ALLENDE. 16 KM BY ROAD FROM TROYA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINED HIGH GRADE ORE. PRINCIPALLY MINED FOR GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF JULIETA HAVE 30 GRAMS AU, 30 GRAMS AG PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.21717, 27.08363
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N60e Striking, Se Dipping Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LIMESTONE REPLACEMENT- VEINS AND MANTOS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High Grade Veins 50 Cm Thick, Some Replacement, Fracture Controlled.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE IS 10 KM TO THE E IN THE SANTA ANA MINE AREA, NO INTRUSIVE FOUND AT THE MINE . 5 STRUCTUAL DIRECTIONS CONTROL MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer A Prospecter From Southern Chihuahua
Year of first production 1902
Production years 1902-1913 , 1921- ? (1950)

Mining district

District name Sierra Almoloya District / Jimenez Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPES 6-8 FT THICK. UNDERGROUND MINING OF HIGH GRADE BONANZA POCKETS ESPECIALLY DURING 1905-1908

Comments on development

  • IN OPERATION FROM 1902-1913 WHEN MEXICAN REVOLUTION CAUSED MINING TO STOP. 1921 RENEWED AND CONTINUED UP THROUGH THE 1950'S. ; ECON.COM: IN 1991 MINING IS INACTIVE. MILLING OF ORE WAS DONE ON SITE.

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

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

  • Deposit

    AGUIRE, S, 1923, LA MINA JULIETA, ALLENDE, CHIHUAHUA: BOLETIN MINERO., V. 15, JANUARY ISSUE, P. 458-465.

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, J., 1907, MINES OF CHIHUAHUA: HISTORY, GEOLOGY, STATISTICS, AND MINING COMPANIES, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, PUBLISHED BY AUTHOR IN CHIHUAHUA, 349 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HILL, R.T., 1907, GEOLOGY OF THE SIERRA DE ALMOLOYA, SCIENCE, NO. 644, P. 710-712.

  • Deposit

    PEARCE, W.D., 1909, GOLD MINES OF CHIHUAHUA: MINING WORLD, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 55-59.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1908, THE ALMOLOYA DISTRICT: THE MEXICAN MINING JOURNAL, V. 7-8, P. 15-16.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION NEAR AND ALONG FAULTS. GOOD DISCUSSION P. 229-230 OF J. GONZALEZ REYNA, 1956. MINE LOCATED ON CERRO JULIETA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit PRINCIPALLY HIGH GRADE VERTICAL VEIN WITH LATERAL MANTO ORE

Reporter information

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

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