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Tovar

Occurrence in Durango, Mexico with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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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. 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 10050051
MRDS ID MX09093
Record type Site
Current site name Tovar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.80051, 25.25037 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 20-25 KM SW OF TEPEHUANES VILLAGE.

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
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.80051, 25.25037
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNDIFFERENTIATED HORNFELS FROM TRI-JUR LIMESTONE- CALCAREOUS SHALE, EXTENDING OVER MORE THAN 1 SQ KM. EXPLORATION AREA FOR SKARN AND FISSURE VEINS AND WOLLASTONITE MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tovar

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 50 HECTARES WITH 30M THICK; 15,000,000 TON POTENTIAL.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 MINE, NO PROSPECTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: REPLACEMENT CLAYEY LIMESTONE, NEEDS INDUSTRIAL MINERAL STUDY.

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 MAIN MINES IN DISTRICT ARE ARPEROS AND PUERTO EL ZACATE (WOLLASTONITE).

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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