Las Boquillas

Occurrence in Chihuahua, Mexico with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10049781
MRDS ID MX02956
Record type Site
Current site name Las Boquillas

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.56718, 26.60032 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 10-15 KM NW OF BALDERRAMA MOUNTAIN.

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

  • 3 KM WEST OF HIGHWAY 45 FROM HIDALGO TO BALDERRAMA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MANGANESE IN VOLCANICS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.56718, 26.60032

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY VOLCANICS OVERLY LOWER CRETACEOUS SHALES AND LIMESTONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Balderrama District/ Matamoros Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOCIEDAD GEOLOGICA MEXICANA A.C., 1985

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION THOUGHT TO BE SYNVOLCANIC. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.