Guadalupe Cororado

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Gold
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 10049664
MRDS ID MX02786
Record type Site
Current site name Guadalupe Cororado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.85057, 27.25029 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM NE OF URIQUE CITY CENTER AND CENTRAL DISTRICT.

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

  • 30 KM NW OF BATOPILAS. 2 MINES SITES SHOWN ON 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1:100 - 1:1000 AU-AG RATIO ESTIMATED FROM ERLIER WORKERS ASSAYS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.85057, 27.25029

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY DESCRIBED FOR THE REGION IN SWANSON AND MCDOWELL, 1984, AND SEE URIQUE RECORD FOR DETAILS ON THE DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Urique District / Batopilas - Creel Area

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IN LOWER ANDESITE VOLCANIC SEQUENCE OF MCDOWELL AMD CLABAUGH, 1979.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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