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La Bufa District

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Copper
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  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 10049663
MRDS ID MX02785
Record type Site
Current site name La Bufa District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.58389, 27.11696 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 12-15 KM N60E OF CUAUHTEMOC OCCURRENCE 15 KM E OF CERO COLORADO

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

  • AT LEAST 3 AREAS WITH 5 KM RADIUS OF LA BUFA MINE AREA. DISTRICT IS ALONG THE RIO BATOPILAS, 20 KM NE OF BATOPILAS VILLAGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.58389, 27.11696
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • EPITHERMAL VEINS IN VOLCANIC FLOWS AND TUFFS. THE VOLCANIC ROCKS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED BY CAMERON AND CAMERON,1976.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Bufa District / Batopilsa 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 D.F., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:500,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1984, SAN JUANITO (G13-2); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    SECRETARIO DE PROGRAMACION Y PRESUPUESTO,1980, LA BUFA (G13-A42); INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTADISTICA GEOGRAFICA E INFORMACION, MEXICO D.F., SCALE 1:50,000.

  • Deposit

    CAMERON, K.L., AND CAMERON, M.E., 1976, RECONNAISSANCE INVESTIGATION OF VOLCANIC ROCKS IN THE CREEL-LA BUFA-BATOPILAS AREA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO [ABS.]: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ABSTRACTS WITH PROGRAMS, V. 8, P. 150.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ALONG THE RIO BATOPILAS HAVE PLACERS AS WELL AS LODE AU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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