La Lajita

Occurrence in Durango, Mexico with commodity Gold
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. 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 10050024
MRDS ID MX09043
Record type Site
Current site name La Lajita

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.36716, 23.15045 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 50 KM SW OF SAN BERNARDO DE MILPILLAS CHICO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Durango

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SAN MIGUEL DEL CANTIL MINE.
  • NEAR JOCUIXTLE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.36716, 23.15045

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC AND SEDIMENTARY-HOSTED EPITHERMAL VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Lajita

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE OF DURANGO AND CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, 1980, GEOLOGIC AND METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO: CONSEJO DE RECURSOS MINERALES, FIRST EDITION, 1:500,000 SCALE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO.
Deposit MEDIUM SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Staude, John-Mark G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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