Porvenir

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Kaolin
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 10049669
MRDS ID MX02792
Record type Site
Current site name Porvenir

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.8339, 27.46695 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 5-10 KM N OF SAN MIGNEL SILVER OCCURRENCE. W SIDE OF THE BARRANCA DEL COBRE ARROYO, 10 KM S OF DIVISADERO VILLAGE

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

  • NO MINE SHOWN ON 1:250,000 GEOLOGIC MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • KAOLIN OCCURS WITH VOLCANIC

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.8339, 27.46695

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Areponapuchi District / Creel 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.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIME ALSO FOUND WITH CLAY
Deposit NOT MUCH AVALIABLE ON THIS OCCURRENCE, COMES FROM SOC GEOL MEX AC MAP ONLY ; 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

Beyond USGS

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