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Cerro De Sacrificios

Occurrence in Durango, Mexico with commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver
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  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 10050047
MRDS ID MX09085
Record type Site
Current site name Cerro De Sacrificios

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.95046, 23.9171 (WGS84)
Relative position 20-25 KM SE OF VILLA UNION CITY.

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -103.95046, 23.9171
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASALTS ARE IMPREGNATED WITH AMORPHOUS SILICA, CHALCEDONY VEINS HAVE THIN RIBBONS OF CINNABAR. SOME IMPREGNATION CINNABAR OCCURS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cerro De Sacrificios

Comments on the production information

  • THOUGH INDIVIDUAL DEPOSITS WERE SMALL, THE REGION HAS MADE A GOOD CONTRIBUTION TO GUANAJUATO PATIOS. GRADE BARELY REACHED 0.5%.

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 MEDIUM SIZE ON METALLOGENETIC MAP OF DURANGO.
Deposit THE BEST DEPOSIT IN THE AREA IS LA CAPRA, A LITTLE TO THE NE OF EL GIGANTE. IT CONSISTS OF IMPREGNATED CHALCEDONY BEDS BETWEEN VOLCANIC TUFFS. EL TORO AND SAN JUAN DE LA CHICA, TO THE NE, ARE SIMILAR TO EL GIGANTE EXCEPT THEY HAVE PYRITE RATHER THAN HEMATITE.

Reporter information

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

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