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Los Reyes

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049665
MRDS ID MX02788
Record type Site
Current site name Los Reyes
Alternate or previous names Minas De Los Reyes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.81224, 27.04029 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 3-5 KM N OF LA VACA OCCURANCE

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

  • LOCATION FROM DAMON, ET AL, 1983. 15-20 KM SE OF JIMENEZ CITY N END OF HILLS OCURRENCES ON N AND S MINERAL END OF HILLS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jimenez Limestone
    Rock description Jimenez Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.81224, 27.04029
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRETACEOUS LIMESTONE WALL ROCK INTRUDED BY GRANITE STOCK FORMING CU SKARN AT THE CONTACT. DAMON AND OTHERS, 1983 DATED SERICITE IN THE SKARN AS 36.6 +/-0 .8 MA (SAMPLE UAKA-76-55)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jimenez District / Camargo City Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITE INTRUSIVE INTO CRET, LIMESTONE COVERED BY TERT VOLCANIC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-92 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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