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Cerro Colorado

Past Producer in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  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 10049774
MRDS ID MX02948
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro Colorado

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.61718, 26.66699 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position 10 KM SE OF RONCESVALLES, 5 KM NW OF LAS BOQUILLAS

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

  • W OF HWY 45, APPROX. 15 KM S OF MATAMOROS.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = G13-5 HIDALGO DEL PARRAL 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.61718, 26.66699
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults Trending Nw And Ne

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veins Structurally Controlled

Comments on the geologic information

  • EARLY CRET SEDS. WHICH HOST SAN FRANCISCO DEL ORO AND THE 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 /Matamoros Area (Roncesvalles-Balderrama Area)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985, PLANO GEOLOGICO MINERO DE CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES AND FEDERAL

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN SNDESITE - DACITE VOLCANICS
Deposit RED HILLS IN VOLCANIC ROCKS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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