San Antonio De La Piramide

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049755
MRDS ID MX02919
Record type Site
Current site name San Antonio De La Piramide

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70056, 26.50031 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 5 KM SE OF LA REINA

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

  • 10 KM NNE OF BABORIGAME, APPROX. 55 KM NW OF GUADALUPE Y CALVO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.70056, 26.50031

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults Trending Nw To Ne

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Structurally Controlled

Comments on the geologic information

  • EARLY SETS WHICH HOST SAN FRANCISCO DEL ORO AND SANTA BARBARA DISTRICTS UNDERLY THE TERT VOLCANICS WHICH HOST MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Guadalupe Y Calvo District/Baborigame 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

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN ANDESITE - DACITE VOLCANICS
Deposit VEINS IN LOWER SEQUENCE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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